"bacteroid" in the noun sense
1. bacteroid
a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants)
"bacteroid" in the adjective sense
1. bacteroidal, bacteroid, bacterioidal, bacterioid
resembling bacteria
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