Anaerobe (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("anaerobe" is a kind of...):
being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anaerobe"):
obligate anaerobe (an organism that cannot grow in the presence of oxygen)
Derivation:
anaerobiotic (living or active in the absence of free oxygen)