bacteroid has definitions from the field of biology
1
[ noun ] (biology) a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants)

Related terms

bacteria Bacteroides

2
[ adjective ] resembling bacteria
3
[ noun ] (biology) any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants

Related terms

bacteria

*