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spirillum

spirillum noun: any of various aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, having an elongated spiral form and bearing a tuft of flagella.

spirillum: any of various aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, having an elongated spiral form and bearing...
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Noun

spirillum (plural spirillums or spirilla)

  1. Any of various aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, having an elongated spiral form and bearing a tuft of flagella.
  2. Any of various other spiral-shaped microorganisms.

spirillum meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

spirillum in Tamil

பைரிலம், எரிசாராயம், சாராயம், சுபைரிலம்

spirillum in Tagalog

any of various aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum
balukishay

Forms of spirillum

pluralspirillums
pluralspirilla

Origin of spirillum

From the genus name, from Latin spira (“coil”).

Questions about spirillum

What does spirillum mean?
Spirillum means any of various aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, having an elongated spiral form and bearing a tuft of flagella.
What is spirillum in Tamil?
Spirillum in Tamil is பைரிலம், எரிசாராயம், சாராயம். See Spirillum meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is spirillum?
Spirillum is a noun.
What is the plural of spirillum?
The plural of spirillum is spirillums.

Words near spirillum in the dictionary

  1. spirillary
  2. spirillinid
  3. spirilloid
  4. spirillosis
  5. spirilloxanthin
  6. spirillum
  7. spirillums
  8. spiring
  9. spirit
  10. spirit animal
  11. spirit animals

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spirillum (page history and authors); spirillum (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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