Synonyms for micro-organism
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
An organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye; especially, a single-celled organism, such as a bacterium.
The cud is then reswallowed by the ruminant and further digested by specialized microorganisms that live in the rumen.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- organism
- Other spellings
- microorganism
Forms
- Plural
- micro-organisms → microbes…
Example sentences
- microbe The man is also a stubborn microbe.
By length
- 7 letters
- microbe2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (microbe2 = 2 syllables).