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microbivorous

microbivorous adjective: subsisting on microbes.

Adjective

microbivorous (not comparable)

  1. Subsisting on microbes

Origin of microbivorous

From microbe + -vorous.

Questions about microbivorous

What does microbivorous mean?
Microbivorous means subsisting on microbes.
What part of speech is microbivorous?
Microbivorous is an adjective.

Words near microbivorous in the dictionary

  1. microbitcoins
  2. microbium
  3. microbiverous
  4. microbivore
  5. microbivores
  6. microbivorous
  7. microbivory
  8. microblade
  9. microbladed
  10. microblades
  11. microblading

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