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    BACTEROIDACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processesplay

    Synonyms:

    Bacteroidaceae; family Bacteroidaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Bacteroidaceae" is a kind of...):

    bacteria family (a family of bacteria)

    Meronyms (members of "Bacteroidaceae"):

    Bacteroides; genus Bacteroides (type genus of Bacteroidaceae; genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals)

    Holonyms ("Bacteroidaceae" is a member of...):

    Eubacteriales; order Eubacteriales (one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-positive spherical or rod-shaped forms; some are motile; in some classifications considered an order of Schizomycetes)

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