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SPIRILLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spirilla mean?
• SPIRILLA (noun)
The noun SPIRILLA has 1 sense:
1. any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form
Familiarity information: SPIRILLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
spirilla; spirillum
Hypernyms ("spirilla" is a kind of...):
eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)
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