Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun procaryote

1 sense of procaryote

Sense 1
prokaryote, procaryote -- (a unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei; bacteria are the prime example but also included are blue-green algae and actinomycetes and mycoplasma)
       => organism, being -- (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)