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LEPTOSPIRA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Important pathogens causing Weil's disease or canicola fever
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("leptospira" is a kind of...):
spirochaete; spirochete (parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals)
Holonyms ("leptospira" is a member of...):
genus Leptospira (very slender aerobic spirochetes; free-living or parasitic in mammals)
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