Eukaryote Common

Eukaryote has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

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

eukaryote eucaryote

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

Origin

The word comes from French, where it was formed by combining the Greek prefix eu- (meaning "true") with karyon (meaning "nut" or "kernel") and the suffix -ote. This construction originally described organisms that possess a true nucleus within their cells.

Rhyming Words

bote pote dote mote kote gote cote lote tote rote note vote hote yote frote emote hyote scote wrote shote

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