English Dictionary: microbe | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for microbe | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Microbe \Mi"crobe\, d8Microbion \[d8]Mi*cro"bi*on\, n. [NL. microbion, fr. Gr. [?] little + [?] life.] (Biol.) A microscopic organism; -- particularly applied to bacteria and especially to pathogenic forms; as, the microbe of fowl cholera. |