ANTHRAX BACILLUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anthrax bacillus mean? 

• ANTHRAX BACILLUS (noun)
  The noun ANTHRAX BACILLUS has 1 sense:

1. a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon

  Familiarity information: ANTHRAX BACILLUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTHRAX BACILLUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

anthrax bacillus; Bacillus anthracis

Hypernyms ("anthrax bacillus" is a kind of...):

B; bacillus (aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil)

bioarm; biological weapon; bioweapon (any weapon usable in biological warfare)