Zoogloea

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Zoogloea \Zo`o*gloe"a\, n. [NL., from Gr. zw^,on an animal + ?
     any glutinous substance.] (Biol.)
     A colony or mass of bacteria imbedded in a viscous gelatinous
     substance. The zoogloea is characteristic of a transitory
     stage through which rapidly multiplying bacteria pass in the
     course of their evolution. Also used adjectively.


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