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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various rod-shaped, aerobic, nitrogen-fixing bacteria of the genus Azotobacter, typically found in soil and water.

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French azote, nitrogen; see azo– + bacter(ia).]

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