bacteriophage

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Noun bacteriophage has 1 sense

bacteriophage, phage - a virus that is parasitic in bacteria; it uses the bacterium's machinery and energy to produce more phage until the bacterium is destroyed and phage is released to invade surrounding bacteria
--₁ is a kind of virus
--₁ has particulars: coliphage; typhoid bacteriophage

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