archaeal

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adjective

Relating to the archaea.

OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English archaea →
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Meanings

adjectivearchaeal (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyRelating to the archaea.

    ‘Anyway, so we think an archaeal cell and a bacterial cell formed a close chemical dependency, and – we can’t say how this happened; this is the miracle – the two cells fused, became a single, chimerical identity.’

    2023, Martin MacInnes, In Ascension, Atlantic Books, page 174

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
archaebacterial

Origin

  1. Englisharchaea
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Englisharchaeal

From archaea + -al.

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Translations

Polish archeonowy
  • archeonowyrelating to the archaea
Portuguese arqueobacteriano
  • arqueobacterianorelating to the archaea
Cite this entry
APA

archaeal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archaeal

MLA

“archaeal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archaeal. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “archaeal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archaeal.

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