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bacteria

/bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪ.ə/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A type, species, or strain of bacterium.
  2. A derisive term for a lowlife or a slob (could be treated as plural or singular).
  3. A single celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
  4. An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

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