OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 8520

bacteriophage

/bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəʊˌfeɪd͡ʒ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
bacteriófago
A virus that specifically infects bacteria.
Another possibility is to enlist a bacteriophage, a kind of virus, to hunt down and kill harmful bacteria for us.
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