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zoogloea

UK/ˌzəʊ.əˈɡliː.ə/US/ˌzoʊ.əˈɡli.ə/

zoogloea noun: a colony or mass of bacteria embedded in a viscous gelatinous substance, characteristic of a transitory stage through which rapidly multiplying bacteria pass in the course of their evolution.

Noun

zoogloea (plural zoogloeas or zoogloeae)

  1. A colony or mass of bacteria embedded in a viscous gelatinous substance, characteristic of a transitory stage through which rapidly multiplying bacteria pass in the course of their evolution.

zoogloea meaning in Urdu

zoogloea in Urdu

حیوانی سریش

Forms of zoogloea

pluralzoogloeas
pluralzoogloeae
alternative formzoöglœa
alternative formzooglea

Origin of zoogloea

From zoo- + Ancient Greek γλοία (gloía).

Words formed from zoogloea

Words that rhyme with zoogloea

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Questions about zoogloea

What does zoogloea mean?
Zoogloea means a colony or mass of bacteria embedded in a viscous gelatinous substance, characteristic of a transitory stage through which rapidly multiplying bacteria pass in the course of their evolution.
What is zoogloea in Urdu?
Zoogloea in Urdu is حیوانی سریش. See Zoogloea meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is zoogloea?
Zoogloea is a noun.
How do you pronounce zoogloea?
Zoogloea is pronounced /ˌzəʊ.əˈɡliː.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of zoogloea?
The plural of zoogloea is zoogloeas.

Words near zoogloea in the dictionary

  1. zoogleal
  2. zoogleas
  3. zoogleic
  4. zoogler
  5. zooglers
  6. zoogloea
  7. zoogloeae
  8. zoogloeal
  9. zoogloeas
  10. zoogloeic
  11. zoogloeoid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zoogloea (page history and authors); zoogloea (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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