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    ARCHAEOBACTERIA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algaeplay

    Synonyms:

    archaebacteria; archaebacterium; archaeobacteria; archeobacteria

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("archaeobacteria" 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 "archaeobacteria"):

    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 ("archaeobacteria" is a member of...):

    division Archaebacteria (in some classifications considered a kingdom)

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