Definitions
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- noun Any primitive
bacteria -like organism in thekingdom Archaea .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[archae(o)– + bacterium.]
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From Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaios, "ancient") and bacteria.
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