MICROBE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium)
   • the term is not in technical use
   Synonym(s)
   • bug (what does bug mean?)
   • germ (what does germ mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) microbe is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • microorganism (what does microorganism mean?)