MYXOBACTER

myxobacteria, myxobacterium, myxobacter, gliding bacteria, slime bacteria

(noun) bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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Word of the Day

21 April 2025

ENCYCLOPEDIA

(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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