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Bacteroid

Alt. of Bacteroidal

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Bacteria 76% connected

See Bacterium.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bacterium 76% connected

A microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class Algae, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in putrefying organic in…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bacterium 74% connected

A microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class Algae, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in putrefying organic in…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Bacterium 74% connected

A microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class Algae, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in putrefying organic in…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Bacteria 66% connected

See Bacterium.

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Synonym 1

Bacteroidal 92% connected

Resembling bacteria; as, bacteroid particles.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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