Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging or pertaining to the genus Bacillus.
- Resembling in form a short rod or bacillus; bacilliform.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Biol.) Shaped like a rod or staff.
- adjective (Biol.) Pertaining to, or produced by, the organism bacillus; bacillary.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective biology Shaped like a
rod orstaff .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or produced by or containing bacilli
- adjective formed like a bacillus
Etymologies
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Latin bacillum little staff.
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