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Actinomycetaceae

noun

filamentous anaerobic bacteria

• Syn: ↑family Actinomycetaceae

• Hypernyms: ↑bacteria family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Actinomycetales, ↑order Actinomycetales

• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Actinomyces

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\\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ˌmīsəˈtāsēˌē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Actinomycet-, Actinomyces, type genus + -aceae

: a family of filamentous bacteria of the order Actinomycetales, often branched, sometimes forming a mycelium that readily breaks up into bacillary elements, and sometimes producing conidia

Useful english dictionary. 2012.