2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Bacteroid \Bac"te*roid\, Bacteroidal \Bac`te*roid"al\, a. [Bacterium + -oid.] (Biol.) Resembling bacteria; as, bacteroid particles. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: bacteroid adj : resembling bacteria [syn: {bacteroidal}, {bacterioidal}, {bacterioid}] n : a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants)
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