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vibrio


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  vibrio 
  n  :  curved  rodlike  motile  bacterium  [syn:  {vibrion}] 




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