GENUS ESCHERICHIA

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 I. (noun) 

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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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