division archaebacteria

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1. in some classifications considered a kingdom (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	division,
definition	:	(biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category (noun.group)

member holonym	:	archaebacteria, archaebacterium, archaeobacteria, archeobacteria,
definition	:	considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	kingdom monera, kingdom prokaryotae, monera, prokayotae,
definition	:	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 (noun.animal)