Ubiquiter
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A microorganism that can be found in most types of environment. rare
"Frequently they are widely distributed forms (ubiquiters) which require high concentrations of easily assimilable nutrients."
- 2 A ubiquitarian. obsolete
"Let me be aquent off your mynd heirin with the first for I can not be ane ubiquiter, and all is one to me quhither I be at hom or abrod, bot louk ye to the touns best and worst and I sal obay, bot as said is let me know in tym."
- 1 Ubiquitous, widespread. nonstandard, rare
"In the pigwashes prepared with well-waters of high nitrate-content —under certain conditions— the different ubiquiter, facultative anaerobe saprophyte soil-bacteria reduce the nitrate to nitrite in sufficient quantity to poison the animals."
Example
More examples"Frequently they are widely distributed forms (ubiquiters) which require high concentrations of easily assimilable nutrients."
Etymology
From Latin ubique (“everywhere”) + -er.
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