noun#4,497 by frequency
bacteria
/bakˈtɪə̯.ri.ə/
A type, species, or strain of bacterium
- plural
- bacteriae
Meanings
- 1
A type, species, or strain of bacterium
That disease is caused by bacteria.
Tatoeba · Source_VOA · CC BY 2.0 FR
Scientists are studying the new bacteria.
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- 2
Lowlife, slob (could be treated as plural or singular)rare
- 3
An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillusrare