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vibrioid

vibrioid adjective: having the curved commalike shape characteristic of the genus Vibrio of gram-negative bacteria.

Adjective

vibrioid (comparative more vibrioid, superlative most vibrioid)

  1. Having the curved commalike shape characteristic of the genus Vibrio of gram-negative bacteria.

Forms of vibrioid

comparativemore vibrioid
superlativemost vibrioid

Origin of vibrioid

Vibrio + -oid

Questions about vibrioid

What does vibrioid mean?
Vibrioid means having the curved commalike shape characteristic of the genus Vibrio of gram-negative bacteria.
What part of speech is vibrioid?
Vibrioid is an adjective.

Words near vibrioid in the dictionary

  1. vibrioception
  2. vibriocidal
  3. vibriocin
  4. vibriocins
  5. vibrioferrin
  6. vibrioid
  7. vibriolysin
  8. vibrion
  9. vibrionacean
  10. vibrionaceans
  11. vibriones

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