Found 2 items, similar to bacteroid.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: bacteroid bacteroid n : a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants) bacteroid adj : resembling bacteria [syn: bacteroidal, bacterioidal, bacterioid]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bacteroid Bacteroid \Bac"te*roid\, Bacteroidal \Bac`te*roid"al\, a. [Bacterium + -oid.] (Biol.) Resembling bacteria; as, bacteroid particles. [1913 Webster]