Bacteroid

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(Biol.) Resembling bacteria; as, bacteroid particles.

Noun	1.	bacteroid - a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants)
Adj.	1.	bacteroid - resembling bacteria Synonyms: bacterioid, bacterioidal, bacteroidal

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