ACTINOMYCES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)

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

genus Actinomyces (type genus of the family Actinomycetaceae)

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