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phage

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"Bacteria virus"

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5 lettersPronunciation /feɪd͡ʒ/Part of speech nounSorted aeghpStarts with PEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
1P2H3A4G5E

Definitions

  1. a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria

Word origin

From Ancient Greek -φάγος (-phágos, “eater”), from φαγ- (phag-), aorist stem of ἐσθίω (esthíō), ἔδω (édō, “to eat, to consume”).

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