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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

bacterivorous en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion) Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactēriabor. English bacteria English -vorous English bacterivorous From bacteria + -vorous.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) feeding on bacteria.

Relateds

bacterivore · bacterivory