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___ dish (bacteria holder) (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

petri

(Other definitions for petri that I've seen before include "Sort of dish" , "Bacteriologist giving name to culturing dish" , "Man with a signature dish" , "-- Dish, used for cultures" , "- - dish (science)" .)

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