Word
spirochete, n.
(spirochetes)
parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals
<noun.animal>
spirochaete
spirochete
semantic pointers
hypernym
eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
member holonym
Spirochaetales, order Spirochaetales
hyponym
treponema
borrelia
Borrelia burgdorferi, Lime disease spirochete
leptospira