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- noun (Biol.) One of the round variety of bacteria, a vegetable organism, generally less than a thousandth of a millimeter in diameter.
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- noun biology One of the
round variety ofbacteria .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek a grain + bacterium, from its round shape.
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