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An organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria
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eukaryote
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A eukaryote ( or or ) is any organism whose cells contain a nucleus and other organelles enclosed within membranes . Eukaryotes belong to the taxon Eukarya or Eukaryota . The defining feature that sets eukaryotic cells apart from prokaryotic cells ( Bacteria ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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eukaryote \eukaryote\ n. an organism with "good" or membrane-bound nuclei having multiple chromosomes; eucaryotes also have other membrane-bound organelles such as mitochondria or chloroplasts, within the cytoplasm enclosed by the outer membrane. Such cells ...
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n. Any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms, of the taxonomic domain ''Eukaryota'', whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus.
WordNet
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n. an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells [syn: eucaryote ] [ant: prokaryote ]
Usage examples of eukaryote.
The genome is complex, and looks much more like a eukaryote genome than a virus genome.
There have been about 640,000 of the former, he estimated, and from 20 to 100 of the latter during the several hundred million years of eukaryote evolution.
The oldest eukaryotes yet known, called Grypania, were discovered in iron sediments in Michigan in 1992.
This master-slave arrangement is the common view of full-grown biologists, eukaryotes all.
Living things can be divided into two great groups, eukaryotes and prokaryotes, on the basis of their cellular structure.
The oldest eukaryotes yet known, called Grypania, were discovered in iron sediments in Michigan in 1992.
Another puzzle is the complexity of eukaryotes, especially the Cambrian explosion of 525 million years ago, when the range of terrestrial body-plans suddenly diversified out of all recognition.