FAMILY MYCOPLASMATACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Mycoplasmataceae mean? 

• FAMILY MYCOPLASMATACEAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY MYCOPLASMATACEAE has 1 sense:

1. pleomorphic Gram-negative nonmotile microorganism similar to both viruses and bacteria; parasitic in mammals

  Familiarity information: FAMILY MYCOPLASMATACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY MYCOPLASMATACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pleomorphic Gram-negative nonmotile microorganism similar to both viruses and bacteria; parasitic in mammals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Mycoplasmataceae; Mycoplasmataceae

Hypernyms ("family Mycoplasmataceae" is a kind of...):

bacteria family (a family of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "family Mycoplasmataceae"):

genus Mycoplasma (type and sole genus of the family Mycoplasmataceae)

Holonyms ("family Mycoplasmataceae" is a member of...):

Mycoplasmatales; order Mycoplasmatales (coextensive with the family Mycoplasmataceae)