eukaryote

Definition

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

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "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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