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noun
A microorganism, especially one that is pathogenic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
curved rodlike motile bacterium
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: vibrio
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
Narrower terms: comma bacillus, Vibrio comma, Vibrio fetus
History
Presumably from translingual Vibrio + -on and influenced by virion.
