procaryote
noun/ˌprəʊˈkæriəʊt/
/ˌprəʊˈkæriəʊt/
(also prokaryote)
(biology)- an organism (= living thing) consisting of just one cell that does not have a clear nucleus (= central part). Most prokaryotes are bacteria.
compare eucaryoteTopics Biologyc2仅由一个细胞组成的有机体(= 生物),没有清晰的细胞核(= 中心部分)。大多数原核生物是细菌。 Word Origin1960s: from pro- ‘before’ + Greek karuon ‘nut, kernel’ + -ote as in zygote.