procaryote
/proʊˈkɛrioʊt/
noun
- A single-celled organism that does not have a nucleus or other membrane-bound organelles, such as bacteria.
- In biology class, we learned that a procaryote has its DNA floating freely in the cell.
- Unlike a human cell, a procaryote lacks a nucleus.
- Bacteria are the most common type of procaryote.
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