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bactivorous

bactivorous adjective: that feeds on bacteria.

Adjective

bactivorous (not comparable)

  1. That feeds on bacteria

Origin of bactivorous

From bacti- + -vorous.

Questions about bactivorous

What does bactivorous mean?
Bactivorous means that feeds on bacteria.
What part of speech is bactivorous?
Bactivorous is an adjective.

Words near bactivorous in the dictionary

  1. bacteroids
  2. bacteruria
  3. bacterurias
  4. bacteræmia
  5. bactin
  6. bactivorous
  7. bactoagar
  8. bactobolin
  9. bactobolins
  10. bactofection
  11. bactofilin

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