VIBRIO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vibrio mean? 

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

1. curved rodlike motile bacterium

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIBRIO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Curved rodlike motile bacterium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

vibrio; vibrion

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

eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vibrio"):

comma bacillus; Vibrio comma (comma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera)

Vibrio fetus (bacteria that cause abortion in sheep)

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

genus Vibrio (a genus of bacteria)

Derivation:

vibrionic (caused by bacteria of the genus Vibrio)