GENUS STAPHYLOCOCCUS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Includes many pathogenic species

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "genus Staphylococcus"):

staph; staphylococci; staphylococcus (spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections)

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

family Micrococcaceae; Micrococcaceae (spherical or elliptical usually aerobic eubacteria that produce yellow or orange or red pigment; includes toxin-producing forms as well as harmless commensals and saprophytes)

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