SPIRILLACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spirillaceae mean? 

• SPIRILLACEAE (noun)
  The noun SPIRILLACEAE has 1 sense:

1. rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria

  Familiarity information: SPIRILLACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPIRILLACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Spirillaceae; Spirillaceae

Hypernyms ("Spirillaceae" is a kind of...):

bacteria family (a family of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "Spirillaceae"):

genus Spirillum; genus Vibrio (a genus of bacteria)

Holonyms ("Spirillaceae" is a member of...):

order Pseudomonadales; Pseudomonadales (one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-negative spiral or spherical or rod-shaped bacteria usually motile by polar flagella; some contain photosynthetic pigments)