English adjective: bacteroid | |||
1. | bacteroid resembling bacteria | ||
Synonyms | bacterioid, bacterioidal, bacteroidal | ||
English noun: bacteroid | |||
1. | bacteroid (animal) a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants) | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bacteria, bacterium | ||