# zoogloea

**Pronunciation:** ZOOGLOEA

**CEFR level:** B2

**Part of speech:** noun

## Meaning

Zoogloea means a colony or mass of bacteria embedded in a viscous gelatinous substance, characteristic of a transitory stage through which rapidly....

## Examples

- The article uses zoogloea to mean (biology) A colony or mass of bacteria embedded in a viscous gelatinous....
- The teacher asked students to find zoogloea in the reading.
- Check the words around zoogloea to choose the right meaning.

## Common patterns

- a/the zoogloea — Use an article when the noun is countable in context. — The article mentioned a zoogloea.
- zoogloea in context — Use surrounding words to choose the correct sense. — We checked zoogloea in context before translating it.

## Collocations

- zoogloea example — The teacher gave a zoogloea example.
- zoogloea meaning — We checked the zoogloea meaning before moving on.

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