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lister plow |
listera |
listera convallarioides |
listera cordata |
listera ovata |
listeria
| listeria meningitis
| listeria monocytogenes
| listerian
| listeriosis
| listerism
listeria
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun listeria has 1 sense
- listeria(n = noun.animal) - any species of the genus Listeria; is a kind of eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
is a member of genus listeria
has particulars: l. monocytogenes, listeria monocytogenes
OXFORD DICTIONARY
listeria, n. any motile rodlike bacterium of the genus Listeria, esp. L. monocytogenes infecting humans and animals eating contaminated food.
Etymology
mod.L f. J. Lister, Engl. surgeon d. 1912
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