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spirillum


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spirillum  \Spi*ril"lum\,  n.  [NL.,  dim.  of  L.  spira  a  coil.] 
  (Biol.) 
  A  genus  of  common  motile  micro["o]rganisms  ({Spirobacteria}) 
  having  the  form  of  spiral-shaped  filaments.  One  species  is 
  said  to  be  the  cause  of  relapsing  fever. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spirillum 
  n  1:  spirally  twisted  elongate  rodlike  bacteria  usually  living  in 
  stagnant  water 
  2:  any  flagellated  aerobic  bacteria  having  a  spirally  twisted 
  rodlike  form  [syn:  {spirilla}] 




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