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vibrio

vibrio noun: any of several bacteria, of the genus Vibrio, shaped like a curved rod.

vibrio: any of several bacteria, of the genus Vibrio, shaped like a curved rod
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Noun

vibrio (plural vibrios or vibriones)

  1. Any of several bacteria, of the genus Vibrio, shaped like a curved rod.
    • "He dips it into the poison and they are gone. Our Gardener is, in my opinion, about to dip the solar system, and the human bacillus, the little mortal vibrio which twisted and wriggled upon the outer rind of the earth, will in an instant be sterilized out of existence."1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

vibrio meaning in Tamil

vibrio in Tamil

வளைந்த வடிவமுடைய நுண்ணுயிரி

Forms of vibrio

pluralvibrios
pluralvibriones

Origin of vibrio

From the genus name.

Questions about vibrio

What does vibrio mean?
Vibrio means any of several bacteria, of the genus Vibrio, shaped like a curved rod.
What is vibrio in Tamil?
Vibrio in Tamil is வளைந்த வடிவமுடைய நுண்ணுயிரி. See Vibrio meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vibrio?
Vibrio is a noun.
What is the plural of vibrio?
The plural of vibrio is vibrios.

Words near vibrio in the dictionary

  1. vibrator
  2. vibrators
  3. vibratory
  4. vibratos
  5. vibrindole
  6. vibrio
  7. vibriobactin
  8. vibrioception
  9. vibriocidal
  10. vibriocin
  11. vibriocins

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