COMMA BACILLUS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Comma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera

Synonyms:

comma bacillus; Vibrio comma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("comma bacillus" is a kind of...):

vibrio; vibrion (curved rodlike motile bacterium)

Holonyms ("comma bacillus" is a member of...):

genus Vibrio (a genus of bacteria)

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