SPIROCHAETA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spirochaeta mean? 

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

1. the type genus of the family Spirochaetaceae; a bacterium that is flexible, undulating, and chiefly aquatic

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPIROCHAETA (noun)

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Meaning:

The type genus of the family Spirochaetaceae; a bacterium that is flexible, undulating, and chiefly aquatic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Spirochaeta; Spirochaeta

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

bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)

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

family Spirochaetaceae; Spirochaetaceae (large coarsely spiral bacteria; free-living in fresh or salt water or commensal in bodies of oysters)