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GENUS ESCHERICHIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Escherichia mean?
• GENUS ESCHERICHIA (noun)
The noun GENUS ESCHERICHIA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of bacteria
Familiarity information: GENUS ESCHERICHIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of bacteria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Escherichia" is a kind of...):
bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)
Meronyms (members of "genus Escherichia"):
escherichia (a genus of enteric bacteria)
Holonyms ("genus Escherichia" is a member of...):
Enterobacteriaceae; family Enterobacteriaceae (a large family of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales)
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