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bacterivory

bacterivory noun: the ingestion of bacteria as food or as an energy supply.

Noun

bacterivory (uncountable)

  1. The ingestion of bacteria as food or as an energy supply

Origin of bacterivory

From bacterivore + -y.

Questions about bacterivory

What does bacterivory mean?
Bacterivory means the ingestion of bacteria as food or as an energy supply.
What part of speech is bacterivory?
Bacterivory is a noun.

Words near bacterivory in the dictionary

  1. bacteriurias
  2. bacteriuric
  3. bacterivore
  4. bacterivores
  5. bacterivorous
  6. bacterivory
  7. bacterization
  8. bacterizations
  9. bacterize
  10. bacterized
  11. bacterizes

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