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单词 prokaryote
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prokaryoten.

Brit. /prəʊˈkarɪəʊt/, /prəʊˈkarɪɒt/, U.S. /proʊˈkɛriˌoʊt/
Forms: 1900s– procaryote, 1900s– prokaryote.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French procaryote.
Etymology: < French procaryote (É. Chatton 1925, in Ann. des sci. nat.: Zool. 8 76) < pro- pro- prefix2 + ancient Greek κάρυον nut, kernel (see -karyon comb. form) + -ώτης -ote suffix. Compare earlier prokaryon n., prokaryotic adj., and eukaryote n.
Biology.
A prokaryotic organism. Contrasted with eukaryote.Prokaryotes are often classified in their own kingdom ( Monera or Prokaryota), but they are now more usually divided between the two domains Archaea (see Archaea n.) and Bacteria.
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1963 Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quantitative Biol. 28 1/1 The distinction of eukaryotes which possess a characteristic chromosome nucleus and prokaryotes where the nuclear equivalent does not show any chromosome-like structures, is not bounded by a nuclear envelope, and does not divide by mitosis.
1981 D. J. Bellamy & T. J. Bellamy Bellamy's Backyard Safari 16 Monera are all prokaryotes, one characteristic of which is that their cells lack internal substructures called organelles.
1989 I. Asimov Nemesis 145 We keep out the prokaryotes. You know, the little blue-green cells.
1994 D. Rushkoff Cyberia Introd. 7 I mean the dinosaurs didn't do this, nor did the procaryotes emerging.
2005 Guardian (Nexis) 10 Oct. (Features section) 25 Bacteria and archaea are both groups of prokaryotes, having no nucleus and all their genetic material in a single filament of DNA.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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