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GENUS SPIRILLUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Spirillum mean?
• GENUS SPIRILLUM (noun)
The noun GENUS SPIRILLUM has 1 sense:
1. a genus of bacteria
Familiarity information: GENUS SPIRILLUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of bacteria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Spirillum" is a kind of...):
bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)
Meronyms (members of "genus Spirillum"):
spirillum (spirally twisted elongate rodlike bacteria usually living in stagnant water)
Holonyms ("genus Spirillum" is a member of...):
family Spirillaceae; Spirillaceae (rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria)
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