"archaeon" meaning in English

See archaeon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: archaeons [plural], archaea [plural]
Etymology: Scientific Latin, corresponding to a singular form of Archaea. Etymology templates: {{taxfmt|Archaea|kingdom}} Archaea Head templates: {{en-noun|s|archaea}} archaeon (plural archaeons or archaea)
  1. A prokaryotic organism; a member of the domain Archaea Synonyms: archaebacterium [obsolete] Derived forms: archaeal, archaeosortase, lokiarchaeon, methanoarchaeon Related terms: extremophile Translations (microorganism): بَكْتِيرْيَا قَدِيمَة (baktīryā qadīma) (Arabic), 古菌 (gu² kwan²) (Chinese Cantonese), 古菌 (gǔjùn) (Chinese Mandarin), arĥeo (Esperanto), arkeo (Esperanto), arkki (Finnish), arkkieliö (Finnish), archée [feminine] (French), Archaeon [neuter] (German), Archaeen [neuter, plural, singular] (German), fornbaktería [feminine] (Icelandic), archei (Italian), 古細菌 (kosaikin) (Japanese), 고세균 (gosegyun) (alt: 古細菌) (Korean), archaeon [neuter] (Latin), археја (arheja) (Macedonian), arqueobactéria [feminine] (Portuguese), arqueia (Portuguese), ñawpa añaki (Quechua), архея (arxeja) (Russian), arquea [feminine] (Spanish), arké [common-gender] (Swedish), cổ khuẩn (Vietnamese), vi khuẩn cổ (Vietnamese)

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