Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vibrio"
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) 1.7 (wn)
vibrio
n : curved rodlike motile bacterium [syn: {vibrion}]
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