Usually means: Single-celled organisms without nucleus.
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  1. prokaryotes: Merriam-Webster
  2. prokaryotes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Prokaryotes, prokaryotes: Wordnik
  4. prokaryotes: Wiktionary
  5. prokaryotes: Dictionary.com
  6. Prokaryotes: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Prokaryotes: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Prokaryotes: Encyclopedia

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  1. prokaryotes: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Prokaryotes: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (prokaryote)

noun:  An organism whose cell (or cells) are characterized by the absence of a nucleus or any other membrane-bound organelles.
noun:  In the two-empire system of biological taxonomy, an organism of the kingdom Prokaryotae (now superseded).
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