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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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microorganism

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˌmaɪ.kɹəʊˈɔː.ɡən.ɪ.zəm̩/

An organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye, especially a single-celled organism, such as a bacterium.

In a Sentence

“The cud is then reswallowed and further digested by specialized microorganisms that live in the rumen.”

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Common Phrases

. microorganismmicroorganism specificmicroorganism pathogenicmicroorganism particularmicroorganism causative
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Related Words

microbialmicro-organismmicrobeorganismmicrobiologyaerobegermbug

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