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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