eukaryote

noun
eu·kary·ote
/juːˈkæɹi.əʊt/

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

Related words

eukaryogenesis
microeukaryote
nanoeukaryote
picoeukaryote
protoeukaryote

Example sentences

“Are eukaryotes really just a branch of archaea?”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From French "eucaryote".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “eukaryote” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.