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Bacteria

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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

noun. Plural of bacterium, [capitalized] A genus of gressorial orthopterous insects, of the family Phasmidæ; the stick-insects or walking-sticks. B. sarmentosa is about 10 inches long. See Phasmidæ.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

noun plural. See bacterium.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

noun. An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus

noun. Plural form of bacterium.

noun. A type, species, or strain of bacterium

noun. Alternative form of bacterium.

noun. A derisive term for a lowlife or a slob (could be treated as plural or singular).

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noun. (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

Word Usage

"Though you might think it of no consequence, the spontaneous evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria is very major from the point of view of a bacterium."

Form

Archaebacteria Archebacteria Bacteria Eubacteria archaebacteria

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

microorganism

Hyponym

Words that are more specific

acidophil acidophile bacteroid calymmatobacterium diplococcus

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Algeria Assyria Elyria Iberia Liberia

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

algae bacilli bacterium bug cell

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

Euglena adenovirus aerobe aerobic bacteria amoeba

variant

bacterium