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BRUCELLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An aerobic Gram-negative coccobacillus that causes brucellosis; can be used as a bioweapon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Brucella" is a kind of...):
coccobacillus (a bacterial cell intermediate in morphology between a coccus and a bacillus; a very short bacillus)