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Word: Prokaryote
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1960s: from pro- ‘before’ + Greek karuon ‘nut, kernel’ + -ote as in zygote
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
prəʊˈkarɪəʊt
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
prəʊˈkarɪɒt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a microscopic single-celled organism which has neither a distinct nucleus with a membrane nor other specialized organelles, including the bacteria and cyanobacteria.
Short Definition:microscopic single-celled organism which has neither distinct nucleus with membrane nor other specialized organelles
Variant Forms:
- procaryote
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