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| 1. | [ noun ] (biology) a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants) | |
| Related terms: | bacteria Bacteroides | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] resembling bacteria | |
| Synonyms: | bacterioidal bacterioid bacteroidal | |
| Related terms: | bacteria bacteria bacteria bacteria | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (biology) any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants | |
| Related terms: | bacteria | |
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Bacteroides bacteroidal bacterioid bacterioidal bactericide Baxter baster bacteriacide bactericidal bastard bastardized bastardised bacteriemia bastardy bacteria bacteriology bacterial bacterium bacterize bastardly bacterise bacteria_bed bacteremic bastardise bastardize bacteremia basketeer Basseterre bacterially |
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