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bacteriome

bacteriome noun: an organelle, in some insects, containing bacteriocytes.

Noun

bacteriome (plural bacteriomes)

  1. An organelle, in some insects, containing bacteriocytes

Forms of bacteriome

pluralbacteriomes

Origin of bacteriome

From bacteri- + -ome.

Questions about bacteriome

What does bacteriome mean?
Bacteriome means an organelle, in some insects, containing bacteriocytes.
What part of speech is bacteriome?
Bacteriome is a noun.
What is the plural of bacteriome?
The plural of bacteriome is bacteriomes.

Words near bacteriome in the dictionary

  1. bacteriolytically
  2. bacteriolyze
  3. bacteriolyzed
  4. bacteriolyzes
  5. bacteriolyzing
  6. bacteriome
  7. bacteriomes
  8. bacteriomic
  9. bacteriomimetic
  10. bacterionanofiber
  11. bacterionanofibers

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