Home › Words › B › bacteriophagybacteriophagybacteriophagy · noun — the feeding on bacteria.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom bacterio- (“bacteria”) + -phagy (“to feed on”).nounThe feeding on bacteria.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bacterivorous 81% match — feeding on bacteria. vs bacteriophagy →bacteriophagous 79% match — Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium. vs bacteriophagy →bacterivory 79% match — The ingestion of bacteria as food or as an energy supply vs bacteriophagy →bacteriotrophic 76% match — That eats bacteria. vs bacteriophagy →bacteriophagic 75% match — Of or pertaining to a bacteriophage. vs bacteriophagy →biophagy 70% match — The property of being a biophage, a living organism that feeds on other living organisms. vs bacteriophagy →bacterivore 70% match — Any organism that ingests bacteria, whether as food or as a source of energy. vs bacteriophagy →bactivorous 69% match — That feeds on bacteria vs bacteriophagy →