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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil;
[syn: bacillus, B]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bacillus \Ba*cil"lus\, n.; pl. Bacilli. [NL., for L. bacillum.
   See Bacillari[ae].] (Biol.)
   A variety of bacterium; a microscopic, rod-shaped vegetable
   organism.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bacillus
    n 1: aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often
         occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
         [syn: bacillus, B]