archaea

Meaning of archaea

plural noun

microorganisms which are similar to bacteria in size and simplicity of structure but radically different in molecular organization. They are now believed to constitute an ancient group which is intermediate between the bacteria and eukaryotes.

modern Latin (plural), from Greek arkhaios ‘primitive’.

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Hyphenation of archaea

ar-chaea

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • archaea is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with archaea

Achaea, panachaea, Alphaea, Coryphaea, Gryphaea, Nymphaea, Phaea, nymphaea, trophaea, Agathaea, Althaea, Orthaea

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