|  spirillum 
 
 1. spirally twisted elongate rodlike bacteria usually living in stagnant water
 • Hypernyms:
 eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
 • Hyponyms:
 ratbite fever bacterium, Spirillum minus
 • Member Holonyms:
 genus Spirillum
 2. any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form
 • Syn:
 spirilla
 • Hypernyms:
 eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
 
 
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