GENUS SPIRILLUM

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Meaning:

A genus of bacteria

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Nouns denoting animals

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

bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "genus Spirillum"):

spirillum (spirally twisted elongate rodlike bacteria usually living in stagnant water)

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

family Spirillaceae; Spirillaceae (rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria)

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