prokaryote

英 [prəʊ'kærɪəʊt; -ɒt] 美[,pro'kærɪɑt]
  • n. [细胞] 原核生物

英英释义


1. a unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei; bacteria are the prime example but also included are blue-green algae and actinomycetes and mycoplasma

英文词源


prokaryote (n.)
1963, from French procaryote (1925), from Greek pro- (see pro-) + karyon "nut, kernel" (see karyo-).