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DIVISION ARCHAEBACTERIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In some classifications considered a kingdom
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("division Archaebacteria" is a kind of...):
division ((biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category)
Meronyms (members of "division Archaebacteria"):
archaebacteria; archaebacterium; archaeobacteria; archeobacteria (considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae)
Holonyms ("division Archaebacteria" is a member of...):
kingdom Monera; kingdom Prokaryotae; Monera; Prokayotae (prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions)
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