Translingual

Alternative forms

• Archea (common misspelling)

Proper noun

Archaea

1. Single-celled organisms lacking nuclei, formerly called archaebacteria, but now known to differ fundamentally from bacteria.
   1. A taxonomic domain .
   2. A taxonomic kingdom within the superkingdom Prokaryota.^[1]

Synonyms

• Archaebacteria

Hyponyms

• (domain): Crenarchaeota, Euryarchaeota, Korarchaeota, Nanoarchaeota, Thaumarchaeota - phyla
• (kingdom): Crenarchaeota, Euryarchaeota - phyla^[1]

Derived terms

• archaeal
• archaean
• archaeon

References

1. 1 2 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

English

Noun

archaea

1. plural of archaeon

Latin

Noun

archaea

1. nominative plural of archaeon
2. accusative plural of archaeon
3. vocative plural of archaeon