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archaeon

noun

Etymology

Scientific Latin, corresponding to a singular form of Archaea.

Definitions

  1. A prokaryotic organism

    A prokaryotic organism; a member of the domain Archaea

    • Then, the theory goes, a rogue archaeon gobbled up a bacterium to create an entirely new type of cell that would go on to form the basis of all complex life on Earth, from plants to humans.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for archaeon. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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