Found 2 items, similar to vibrio.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: vibrio
vibrio
n : curved rodlike motile bacterium [syn:
vibrion]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Vibrio
Vibrio
\Vib"ri*o\, n.; pl. E.
Vibrios, L.
Vibriones. [NL.,
fr. L. vibrare to vibrate, to move by undulations.] (Biol.)
A genus of motile bacteria characterized by short, slightly
sinuous filaments and an undulatory motion; also, an
individual of this genus.
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