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BACTEROID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bacteroid" is a kind of...):
bacteria; bacterium ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants)
Derivation:
bacteroid; bacteroidal (resembling bacteria)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling bacteria
Synonyms:
bacterioid; bacterioidal; bacteroid; bacteroidal
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
bacteria ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants)
Derivation:
bacteroid (a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants))
