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nouna minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical usetype of:
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nounanything that provides inspiration for later worktype of:
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nouna small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism
Definition that contains germ
- walter German conductor (1876-1962)
- wolf German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)
- grass German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927)
- hitler German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)
- bruno German pope from 1049 to 1054 whose papacy was the beginning of papal reforms in the 11th century (1002-1054)
- beethoven German composer of instrumental music (especially symphonic and chamber music); continued to compose after he lost his hearing (1770-1827)
- luther German theologian who led the Reformation; believed that salvation is granted on the basis of faith rather than deeds (1483-1546)
- schmidt German statesman who served as chancellor of Germany (born in 1918)
- klein German mathematician who created the Klein bottle (1849-1925)
- diesel German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913)