LEPTOSPIRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leptospira mean? 

• LEPTOSPIRA (noun)
  The noun LEPTOSPIRA has 1 sense:

1. important pathogens causing Weil's disease or canicola fever

  Familiarity information: LEPTOSPIRA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEPTOSPIRA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Important pathogens causing Weil's disease or canicola fever

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

spirochaete; spirochete (parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals)

Holonyms ("leptospira" is a member of...):

genus Leptospira (very slender aerobic spirochetes; free-living or parasitic in mammals)