Vibrio

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various short, motile, S-shaped or comma-shaped bacteria of the genus Vibrio, especially V. cholerae, which causes cholera.
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  • n. Any of several bacteria, of the genus Vibrio, shaped like a curved rod
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A genus or formgenus of Schizomycetes or bacteria, by some authorities regarded as the same as Spirillum.
  • n. [lowercase; pl. vibrios or vibriones (vib′ ri-ōz, vibri-ō′ nēz).] A member of this genus; a vibrion; a motile bacterium.
  • n. [lowercase] An animalcule like or mistaken for a bacterium, and misplaced in the genus Vibrio: an old name of some minute nematoids, as those species of Tylenchus which infest wheat and cause ear-cockles.
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  • n. curved rodlike motile bacterium
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    eubacterium    true bacteria    eubacteria   
    Cross Reference
    koch's vibrio    metchnikoff's vibrio   
    Hyponym
    vibrio fetus    vibrio comma    comma bacillus   
     
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