释义 |
bac·te·roid I. \ˈbaktəˌrȯid\ adjective or bac·te·roi·dal \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|rȯidəl\; also bac·te·ri·oid \bakˈtirēˌȯid\; or bac·te·ri·oi·dal \(ˈ)bak|tirē|ȯidəl\ Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary bacter-, bacteri- (from New Latin bacterium) + -oid, -oidal : resembling bacteria II. noun (-s) 1. : an enlarged branched bacterium (as the rhizobia found in the tubercles of leguminous plants) 2. : a symbiotic bacterium or an inclusion like a bacterium in the bacteriocytes of the fat body of certain insects |