DIVISION ARCHAEBACTERIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does division Archaebacteria mean? 

• DIVISION ARCHAEBACTERIA (noun)
  The noun DIVISION ARCHAEBACTERIA has 1 sense:

1. in some classifications considered a kingdom

  Familiarity information: DIVISION ARCHAEBACTERIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIVISION ARCHAEBACTERIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In some classifications considered a kingdom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)