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

Researchers expect many more to be discovered in the process of identifying, in effect, each of the billions of eukaryotic genes on Earth, many of which encode a protein of some kind. —IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025

Pilhofer and the postdoctoral researcher Florian Wollweber, working with Schleper and a team of collaborators, revealed the presence of a protein very much like eukaryotic actin in an Asgard, called Candidatus Lokiarchaeum ossiferum. —Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025

Chemical analysis showed the presence of various molecules clearly associated with eukaryotic life. —David Bressan, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025

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

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