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Word: Actinomycete
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1920s (originally only in the plural): modern Latin, from Greek aktis, aktin- ‘ray’ + mukētes, plural of mukēs ‘fungus’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌaktɪnə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪsiːt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a bacterium of an order that typically has a non-motile filamentous form. They include the economically important streptomycetes, and were formerly regarded as fungi.
Short Definition:bacterium of order of non-motile filamentous forms
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