English Dictionary: bacilli | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bacillus \Ba*cil"lus\, n.; pl. {Bacilli}. [NL., for L. bacillum. See {Bacillarle}.] (Biol.) A variety of bacterium; a microscopic, rod-shaped vegetable organism. |