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GENUS SHIGELLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Shigella mean?
• GENUS SHIGELLA (noun)
The noun GENUS SHIGELLA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of bacteria
Familiarity information: GENUS SHIGELLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of bacteria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Shigella" is a kind of...):
bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)
Meronyms (members of "genus Shigella"):
shigella (rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals; can be used as a bioweapon)
Holonyms ("genus Shigella" is a member of...):
Enterobacteriaceae; family Enterobacteriaceae (a large family of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales)
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