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bacteroid

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bac⋅te⋅roid

  [bak-tuh-roid]
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–noun
1. any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants.
–adjective
2. Also, bac⋅te⋅roi⋅dal. resembling bacteria.
Also, bacterioid.

Origin:
1850–55; bacter- + -oid
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bac·te·roid   (bāk'tə-roid')   
adj.  Resembling bacteria in appearance or action.
n.  Any of various structurally modified bacteria, such as those occurring on the root nodules of leguminous plants.
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