CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clostridium perfringens mean? 

• CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS (noun)
  The noun CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS has 1 sense:

1. anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon

  Familiarity information: CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("clostridium perfringens" is a kind of...):

eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)

bioarm; biological weapon; bioweapon (any weapon usable in biological warfare)

Holonyms ("clostridium perfringens" is a member of...):

genus Clostridium (anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes; nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung)