VIBRIO
Dictionary entry overview: What does vibrio mean? • VIBRIO (noun)
The noun VIBRIO has 1 sense:
1. curved rodlike motile bacterium
Familiarity information: VIBRIO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• VIBRIO (noun)
Meaning:
Curved rodlike motile bacterium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
vibrio; vibrion
Hypernyms ("vibrio" is a kind of...):
eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vibrio"):
comma bacillus; Vibrio comma (comma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera)
Vibrio fetus (bacteria that cause abortion in sheep)
Holonyms ("vibrio" is a member of...):
genus Vibrio (a genus of bacteria)
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