bacteria
/bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪ.ə/ · noun
Meaning
- A type, species, or strain of bacterium.
- A derisive term for a lowlife or a slob (could be treated as plural or singular).
- A single celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
- An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus.
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