/ Dictionary / Index M Metchnikoff: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Metch•ni•koff Pronunciation: (mech"ni-kôf', -kof" Russ. myech'nyi-k&schwaf&hasp), [key] (Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov), 1845–1916, Russian zoologist and bacteriologist in France: Nobel prize for medicine 1908. Russian, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: metchnikoff (Thesaurus) Metazoa mete Related Content Daily Word Quiz: sequester Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language