RICKETTSIALES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rickettsiales mean? 

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

1. pleomorphic Gram-negative microorganisms

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RICKETTSIALES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pleomorphic Gram-negative microorganisms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Rickettsiales; Rickettsiales

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Rickettsiales"):

family Rickettsiaceae; Rickettsiaceae (microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates)

Chlamydiaceae; family Chlamydiaceae (Gram-negative parasites in warm-blooded vertebrates)

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

division Eubacteria (one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella)