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BOTULINUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does botulinus mean?
• BOTULINUS (noun)
The noun BOTULINUS has 1 sense:
1. anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism
Familiarity information: BOTULINUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
botulinum; botulinus; Clostridium botulinum
Hypernyms ("botulinus" is a kind of...):
eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)
Holonyms ("botulinus" is a member of...):
genus Clostridium (anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes; nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung)
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