Word
bacillus, n.
(bacilli)
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
<noun.animal>
B
bacillus
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
bacillary
bacillary
semantic pointers
hypernym
eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
member holonym
genus Bacillus
hyponym
Bacillus anthracis, anthrax bacillus
Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus globigii, grass bacillus, hay bacillus
Yersinia pestis