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vibrio
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun vibrio has 1 sense
- vibrio(n = noun.animal) vibrion - curved rodlike motile bacterium; Array is a kind of eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
is a member of genus vibrio
has particulars: comma bacillus, vibrio comma, vibrio fetus
Derived form adjective vibrionic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
vibrio, prop. n. [NL., fr. L. vibrare to vibrate, to move by undulations.].
A genus of motile bacteria characterized by short, slightly sinuous filaments and an undulatory motion; also, an individual of this genus. [1913 Webster]
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