GENUS MYCOPLASMA

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Meaning:

Type and sole genus of the family Mycoplasmataceae

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Mycoplasma" is a kind of...):

bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "genus Mycoplasma"):

mycoplasma (any of a group of small parasitic bacteria that lack cell walls and can survive without oxygen; can cause pneumonia and urinary tract infection)

Holonyms ("genus Mycoplasma" is a member of...):

family Mycoplasmataceae; Mycoplasmataceae (pleomorphic Gram-negative nonmotile microorganism similar to both viruses and bacteria; parasitic in mammals)

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