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prokaryote en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /pɹəʊˈkæɹi.əʊt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /pɹoʊˈkɛəɹi.oʊt/ (General-American)
  • /pɹəʊˈkæɹi.ɒt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /pɹoʊˈkæɹi.ət/ (General-American)
  • /pɹoʊˈkæɹi.oʊt/ (General-American)

Etymology

From pro- + karyon + -ote.

Meanings

  1. An organism whose cell (or cells) are characterized by the absence of a nucleus or any other membrane-bound organelles.
  2. In the two-empire system of biological taxonomy, an organism of the kingdom Prokaryotae (now superseded).

Forms

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Coordinates

eukaryote

Deriveds

nanoprokaryote · cyanoprokaryote · picoprokaryote

Hyponyms

bacterium · archaeon

Relateds

prokaryotic · prokaryon

Synonyms

prokaryota

Translations (37)

ar بِدَائِيَّات النَّوَى (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · pt procarionte (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · la prokaryota (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · is dreifkjörnungur (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · cy procaryot (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · nl prokaryoot (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · ka პროკარიოტი (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · ca procariota (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · ru прокарио́та (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · hu prokarióta (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · fi tumaton (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · fi alkeistumallinen (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · tr prokaryot (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · de Prokaryot (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · vi sinh vật nhân sơ (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · es procarionte (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · sv prokaryot (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · fi prokaryootti (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · fi esitumainen (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · pl prokariont (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · cmn 原核生物 (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · ky прокариот (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · it procariote (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · km ប្រូការីយ៉ូត (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · pt procarioto (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · el προκαρυώτης (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · fi prokariootti (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · kk прокариот (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · ja 原核生物 (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · io prokarioto (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · ro procariot (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · oc procariòta (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · es procariota (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · qu kawsaykuq hukinnaq (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · yue 原核生物 (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · fr procaryote (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) · ko 원핵생물 (organism characterized by absence of nucleus)