Definitions
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- adjective Shaped like a
rod ;long andcylindrical . - adjective biology Specifically, describing a form of
bacterium .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective resembling a rod
- adjective formed like a bacillus
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Examples
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At the San Diego conference, he put up a hard-to-read image of hypermagnified rock with small rod-shaped grains and small filaments.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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But while he possessed a working knowledge of Bacillus anthracis, Hatfill had never worked in any capacity with the spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium.
The Wrong Man 2010
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But while he possessed a working knowledge of Bacillus anthracis, Hatfill had never worked in any capacity with the spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium.
The Wrong Man 2010
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Here we see a sheath, and on the inside can see a chain of cells, rod-shaped cells, that make up the trichome of a cyanobacterium.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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But while he possessed a working knowledge of Bacillus anthracis, Hatfill had never worked in any capacity with the spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium.
The Wrong Man 2010
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At the San Diego conference, he put up a hard-to-read image of hypermagnified rock with small rod-shaped grains and small filaments.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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It is quite a wild microbial zoo: Some of the microfossils are rod-shaped, some spherical, some sluglike, some almost slithery.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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E. coli organisms are bacteria, single-celled bugs basically, rod-shaped and about .00008 inches long.
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Here we see a sheath, and on the inside can see a chain of cells, rod-shaped cells, that make up the trichome of a cyanobacterium.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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It is quite a wild microbial zoo: Some of the microfossils are rod-shaped, some spherical, some sluglike, some almost slithery.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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