ANAEROBE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)