DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
bacteroid
/'bæktə,rɔɪd/ · bæktərɔɪd
Bacteroid has 3 syllables: bac · ter · oid.
bac
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ter
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oid
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adjective. Resembling bacteria.
noun. A rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants).
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