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bacteroid |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bacteroid \Bac"te*roid\, Bacteroidal \Bac`te*roid"al\, a. [Bacterium + -oid.] (Biol.) Resembling bacteria; as bacteroid particles. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bacteroid adj : resembling bacteria [syn: {bacteroidal}, {bacterioidal}, {bacterioid}] n 1: a rodlike bacterium of the genus Bacteroides 2: any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants
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