eukaryotic

adjective

eu·​kary·​ot·​ic (ˌ)yü-ˌker-ē-ˈä-tik  -ˌka-rē- 

: of, relating to, or being an organism (as of the domain Eukarya) composed of one or more cells containing visibly evident nuclei and organelles : being or characteristic of a eukaryote

eukaryotic cells

eukaryotic species

Examples of eukaryotic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Still in need of several billion dollars, EBP clearly faces many more challenges to succeed in sequencing all eukaryotic life. —Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 4 Nov. 2024

On the universal tree of life, all eukaryotic life falls on exactly one branch. —Daniel Brady Mills, The Conversation, 14 Feb. 2025

According to the team’s paper, published on December 3rd in Communications Earth & Environment, subsequent lab tests confirmed a total of 21 bacterial and eukaryotic phyla in Lake Enigma’s surface ice, stratified water column layers, and microbial mats. —Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Dec. 2024

All eukaryotic cells — animal, plant, fungus or protist — have a nucleus that encloses and protects DNA. —Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for eukaryotic

• antibiotic
• antipsychotic
• antithrombotic
• epizootic
• homoerotic
• psychoneurotic
• unpatriotic
• xenobiotic
• abiotic
• aeronautic
• apoptotic
• asymptotic