SPIRILLA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form

Synonyms:

spirilla; spirillum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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