eukaryote
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/juːˈkæɹi.əʊt/
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/juːˈkæɹi.əʊt/ · /juˈkæɹi.ɒt/ · /juˈkæɹi.oʊt/ · /juˈkæɹi.ət/ · /juˈkɛəɹi.oʊt/
Definition of eukaryote
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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Any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota, whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus.
“It is now clear that among organisms there are two different organizational patterns of cells, which Chatton (1937) called, with singuar prescience, the eucaryotic and procaryotic type.”
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Etymology
Borrowed from French eucaryote; equivalent to eu- + karyon + -ote.
Words you can make from eukaryote
195 playable · top: EUROKY (13 pts)
Best play euroky 13 points6-letter words
6 words5-letter words
27 words- KAURY 12 pts
- KEYER 12 pts
- REEKY 12 pts
- REKEY 12 pts
- TOKAY 12 pts
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4-letter words
74 words- KAYO 11 pts
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3-letter words
68 words- KAY 10 pts
- KEY 10 pts
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2-letter words
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