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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective having cells with visible nuclei surrounded by a nuclear membrane; pertaining to eukaryotes. Contrasted with prokaryotic.

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  • adjective biology Having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.
  • adjective biology Of or pertaining to a eukaryote.

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  • adjective having cells with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei

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eukaryote +‎ -ic

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