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porphyromonad

porphyromonad noun: any bacterium of the family Porphyromonadaceae.

Noun

porphyromonad (plural porphyromonads)

  1. Any bacterium of the family Porphyromonadaceae.

Forms of porphyromonad

pluralporphyromonads

Origin of porphyromonad

Clipping of taxonomic name Porphyromonadaceae.

Questions about porphyromonad

What does porphyromonad mean?
Porphyromonad means any bacterium of the family Porphyromonadaceae.
What part of speech is porphyromonad?
Porphyromonad is a noun.
What is the plural of porphyromonad?
The plural of porphyromonad is porphyromonads.

Words near porphyromonad in the dictionary

  1. porphyrogeniture
  2. porphyrogenitus
  3. porphyrogennetos
  4. porphyroid
  5. porphyroids
  6. porphyromonad
  7. porphyromonads
  8. porphyrophobia
  9. porphyrophobic
  10. porphyrophobics
  11. porphyropsin

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