| NOUN | animal | microbe, bug, germ | a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium) |
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| Sounds | may'krow.b | |
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| Rhymes | anaerobe ... wardrobe: 13 rhymes with owb... | |
| Meaning | A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use. | |
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| Synonyms | bug, germ | |
| Broader | microorganism, micro-organism | Any organism of microscopic size |
| Spanish | germen, microbio | |
| Catalan | microbi, microorganisme | |
| Adjectives | microbial, microbic | of or involving or caused by or being microbes |
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