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eukaryote

Syllables: eu·kary·oteUK/juːˈkæɹi.əʊt//juˈkæɹi.oʊt/

eukaryote noun: any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota, whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus.

eukaryote: any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota, whose cells...
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Noun

eukaryote (plural eukaryotes or eukarya)

  1. 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 singular prescience, the eucaryotic and procaryotic type.1962 March, Roger Stanier, “The concept of a bacterium”, in Archiv für Mikrobiologie, volume 42, number 1, page 17

eukaryote meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Arabic

eukaryote in Tamil

மெய்க்கருவுயிரி

eukaryote in Bengali

any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
সুকেন্দ্রিক śukendrik, ইউক্যারিওট iukkariōṭ

eukaryote in Malayalam

any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
യൂക്കാരിയോട്ടുകൾ yūkkāriyōṭṭukaḷ

eukaryote in Arabic

any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus
حقيقيات النوى
More languagesFewer languages
eukaryote in Indonesian
eukaryota, eukariota
eukaryote in Persian
هوهسته huhaste, یوکاریوت
eukaryote in Thai
ยูแคริโอต yu-kraeyòht
eukaryote in Vietnamese
sinh vật nhân chuẩn, sinh vật nhân thực, sinh vật nhân điển hình, sinh vật có nhân chính thức

Forms of eukaryote

pluraleukaryotes
pluraleukarya
alternative formeucaryot
alternative formeucaryote
alternative formeukaryot

Origin of eukaryote

Borrowed from French eucaryote; equivalent to eu- + karyon + -ote.

Words formed from eukaryote

Questions about eukaryote

What does eukaryote mean?
Eukaryote means any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota, whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus.
What is eukaryote in Tamil?
Eukaryote in Tamil is மெய்க்கருவுயிரி. See Eukaryote meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is eukaryote?
Eukaryote is a noun.
How do you pronounce eukaryote?
Eukaryote is pronounced /juːˈkæɹi.əʊt/ (UK).
What is the plural of eukaryote?
The plural of eukaryote is eukaryotes.

Words near eukaryote in the dictionary

  1. eukaryophagic
  2. eukaryophagy
  3. eukaryophilic
  4. eukaryot
  5. eukaryotal
  6. eukaryote
  7. eukaryotes
  8. eukaryotic
  9. eukaryotically
  10. eukaryotics
  11. eukaryots

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eukaryote (page history and authors); Eukaryote (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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