Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any primitive bacteria-like organism in the kingdom Archaea.

More definitions
  • considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae

Forms

plural: archaebacteria

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae:archaebacteriaarchaeobacteriaarcheobacteria

See also

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