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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bacillus \Ba*cil"lus\, n.; pl {Bacilli}. [NL., for L. bacillum See {Bacillarle}.] (Biol.) A variety of bacterium; a microscopic, rod-shaped vegetable organism. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bacilli n : aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations [syn: {bacillus}, {B}]
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