zoogloea

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
20
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˌzəʊ.əˈɡliː.ə/ (UK)
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/ˌzəʊ.əˈɡliː.ə/ (UK) · /ˌzoʊ.əˈɡli.ə/ (US)

Definition of zoogloea

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A colony or mass of bacteria embedded in a viscous gelatinous substance, characteristic of a transitory stage through which rapidly multiplying bacteria pass in the course of their evolution.

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Etymology

From zoo- + Ancient Greek γλοία (gloía).

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