Definitions | prokaryote |
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- an organism characterized by the absence of a nuclear membrane and by DNA that is not organized into chromosomes.
- in the w:two-empire system, two-empire system of Biology, biological taxonomy, an organism of the kingdom w:Monera, Prokaryotae (now superseded).
Translations: Etymology: Greek (before) + (nut).
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