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bacterivore

bacterivore noun: any organism that ingests bacteria, whether as food or as a source of energy.

Noun

bacterivore (plural bacterivores)

  1. Any organism that ingests bacteria, whether as food or as a source of energy.

Forms of bacterivore

pluralbacterivores

Origin of bacterivore

From bacteria + -vore.

Questions about bacterivore

What does bacterivore mean?
Bacterivore means any organism that ingests bacteria, whether as food or as a source of energy.
What part of speech is bacterivore?
Bacterivore is a noun.
What is the plural of bacterivore?
The plural of bacterivore is bacterivores.

Words near bacterivore in the dictionary

  1. bacteriumlike
  2. bacteriums
  3. bacteriuria
  4. bacteriurias
  5. bacteriuric
  6. bacterivore
  7. bacterivores
  8. bacterivorous
  9. bacterivory
  10. bacterization
  11. bacterizations

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