D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Microbe

/mīk'-rōbˌ/ · Mi·crobe · IPA /ˈmaɪkɹoʊb/
01 n. A microscopic organism; a microorganism; -- particularly applied to bacteria and especially to pathogenic forms; as, the microbe of fowl cholera.
  1. 1.
    A microscopic organism; a microorganism; -- particularly applied to bacteria and especially to pathogenic forms; as, the microbe of fowl cholera.(Biol.)