BACTEROID

bacteroidal, bacteroid, bacterioidal, bacterioid

(adjective) resembling bacteria

bacteroid

(noun) a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

bacteroid (plural bacteroids)

(dated) A micro-organism such as a bacterium or yeast.

A bacterium of the species Bacteroides.

A symbiotic form of the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhizobia, or the root nodule that it produces.

Adjective

bacteroid (comparative more bacteroid, superlative most bacteroid)

(biology) Resembling bacteria.

bacteroid particles

Source: Wiktionary

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Bac"te*roid, Bac`te*roid"al, a. Etym: [Bacterium + -oid.] (Biol.)

Definition: Resembling bacteria; as, bacteroid particles.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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