Unscramble

b 3 a 1 c 3 t 1 e 1 r 1 i 1 o 1 p 3 h 4 a 1 g 2 e 1

13 letters · 23 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria

originBorrowed from French bactériophage, coined by microbiologist Félix d'Hérelle, from bacterio- (“bacteria”) + -phage (“eater”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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