Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Bacillus"
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) 1.7 (wn)
bacillus
n : aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often
occurring in chainlike formations [syn: {bacilli}, {B}]
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