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ARCHAEBACTERIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae
Synonyms:
archaebacteria; archaebacterium; archaeobacteria; archeobacteria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("archaebacterium" is a kind of...):
moneran; moneron (organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and whose nutritional mode is absorption or photosynthesis or chemosynthesis)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "archaebacterium"):
methanogen (archaebacteria found in anaerobic environments such as animal intestinal tracts or sediments or sewage and capable of producing methane; a source of natural gas)
halophil; halophile (archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival)
thermoacidophile (archaebacteria that thrive in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures)
Holonyms ("archaebacterium" is a member of...):
division Archaebacteria (in some classifications considered a kingdom)
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