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micro-organism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun micro-organism has 1 sense
- micro-organism(n = noun.animal) microorganism - any organism of microscopic size; Array is a kind of being, organism
has particulars: monad, intestinal flora, virus, moneran, moneron, bacteria, bacterium, bug, germ, microbe, pathogen, protoctist, protist, protistan, microflora
has parts: pilus
OXFORD DICTIONARY
micro-organism, n. any of various microscopic organisms, including algae, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses.
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