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bacteriophore

bacteriophore noun: any part of an animal that hosts a population of bacteria.

Noun

bacteriophore (plural bacteriophores)

  1. Any part of an animal that hosts a population of bacteria

Forms of bacteriophore

pluralbacteriophores

Origin of bacteriophore

From bacterio- + -phore.

Questions about bacteriophore

What does bacteriophore mean?
Bacteriophore means any part of an animal that hosts a population of bacteria.
What part of speech is bacteriophore?
Bacteriophore is a noun.
What is the plural of bacteriophore?
The plural of bacteriophore is bacteriophores.

Words near bacteriophore in the dictionary

  1. bacteriophilous
  2. bacteriophobe
  3. bacteriophobes
  4. bacteriophobia
  5. bacteriophobic
  6. bacteriophore
  7. bacteriophores
  8. bacteriophytochrome
  9. bacteriophytochromes
  10. bacterioplankton
  11. bacterioplanktonic

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