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bacteroid
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bacteroid
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bacteroid has 1 sense
- bacteroid(n = noun.animal) Array - a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants); Array is a kind of bacteria, bacterium
Derived forms adjective bacteroid1, adjective bacteroidal1
Adjective bacteroid has 1 sense
- bacteroid(a = adj.pert) bacterioid, bacterioidal, bacteroidal - resembling bacteria; Array Derived form noun bacteroid1
CIDE DICTIONARY
bacteroid, a. [Bacterium + -oid.].
Resembling bacteria; as, bacteroid particles. [1913 Webster]
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