bacteroid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants)
  2. adjective resembling bacteria
    bacteroidal; bacterioid; bacterioidal.

WordNet

Bac"te*roid, Bac`te*roid"al adjective (Also<
  • Bacteroid
  • Bacteroidal
)
Etymology
Bacterium + -oid.
Definitions
  1. (Biol.) Resembling bacteria; as, bacteroid particles.

Webster 1913