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BACILLAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bacillar mean?
• BACILLAR (adjective)
The adjective BACILLAR has 2 senses:
1. relating to or produced by or containing bacilli
2. formed like a bacillus
Familiarity information: BACILLAR used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or produced by or containing bacilli
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
bacillar; bacillary
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Pertainym:
bacillus (aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Formed like a bacillus
Synonyms:
bacillar; bacillary; bacilliform; baculiform; rod-shaped
Similar:
formed (having or given a form or shape)
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