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May 16, 2012
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-bacter




a combining form with the meaning “rod,” used primarily in biology to form generic names of bacteria: aerobacter; arthrobacter.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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