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    BACTEROID

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants)play

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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 bacteriaplay

    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))

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