BACTERIOPHAGOUS

bacteriophagic, bacteriophagous

(adjective) of or relating to bacteriophages

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

bacteriophagous (comparative more bacteriophagous, superlative most bacteriophagous)

Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

31 March 2025

IMPROVISED

(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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