eucaryote

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymseukaryote

   Broaderorganism

Other forms of eucaryote

plural

eucaryotes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about eucaryote

What does eucaryote mean?

eucaryote means "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".

How many syllables are in eucaryote?

eucaryote has 4 syllables: e-u-ca-ryote. The stress falls on "u".

What is another word for eucaryote?

Close synonyms include eukaryote. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is eucaryote a common word?

eucaryote is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.