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macroorganism

American

[mak-roh-awr-guh-niz-uhm] / ˌmæk roʊˈɔr gəˌnɪz əm /

noun

an organism that can be seen with the naked eye.

Etymology

Origin of macroorganism

macro- + organism

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Stowed along with the humans in the vast body of the macroorganism would be domestic animals, plants, raw materials, machines and computers, as well as microfilms of all the books in the Library of Congress.

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