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noun
Any bacteria with a shape intermediate between cocci (spherical) and bacilli (rod-shaped)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: bacteriology, biology, microbiology, natural-sciences
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noun
a bacterial cell intermediate in morphology between a coccus and a bacillus; a very short bacillus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
Narrower terms: Brucella
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