bacteria
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
- plural of bacterium
- A type, species, or strain of bacterium.
- Alternative form of bacterium.
- Lowlife, slob (could be treated as plural or singular).
- An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin bacteria, plural of bactērium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion, “little rod”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
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Words With Friends Score: 14
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