vibrio

English Thesaurus

1. curved rodlike motile bacterium (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria,
definition	:	a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	comma bacillus, vibrio comma,
definition	:	comma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	vibrio fetus,
definition	:	bacteria that cause abortion in sheep (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus vibrio,
definition	:	a genus of bacteria (noun.animal)

derivation	:	vibrionic,
definition	:	caused by bacteria of the genus Vibrio (adj.pert)

derivation	:	vibrionic,
definition	:	caused by bacteria of the genus Vibrio (adj.pert)