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bacteriophagous

bacteriophagous adjective: pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.

Adjective

bacteriophagous (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.

Origin of bacteriophagous

From bacterio- (“bacteria”) + -phagous (“eating”).

Questions about bacteriophagous

What does bacteriophagous mean?
Bacteriophagous means pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
What part of speech is bacteriophagous?
Bacteriophagous is an adjective.

Words near bacteriophagous in the dictionary

  1. bacteriophaeophytins
  2. bacteriophage
  3. bacteriophages
  4. bacteriophagia
  5. bacteriophagic
  6. bacteriophagous
  7. bacteriophagy
  8. bacteriopheophorbide
  9. bacteriopheophorbides
  10. bacteriopheophytin
  11. bacteriopheophytins

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