eukaryotic
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.74 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to a eukaryote.
Example Sentences
- "The close analogies between DNA-containing eukaryotic cell organelles and microbial symbionts require revision of classic cell theory, wrote Scwemmler and Schenk (1980) on introducing the field of endocytobiology."
Etymology
Etymology tree English eukaryote Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English eukaryotic From eukaryote + -ic.