Spirillum
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of various aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, having an elongated spiral form and bearing a tuft of flagella.
- 2 any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form wordnet
- 3 Any of various other spiral-shaped microorganisms.
- 4 spirally twisted elongate rodlike bacteria usually living in stagnant water wordnet
Etymology
From the genus name, from Latin spira (“coil”).