VIBRION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Curved rodlike motile bacterium

Synonyms:

vibrio; vibrion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("vibrion" is a kind of...):

eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vibrion"):

comma bacillus; Vibrio comma (comma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera)

Vibrio fetus (bacteria that cause abortion in sheep)

Holonyms ("vibrion" is a member of...):

genus Vibrio (a genus of bacteria)