bacillus : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bacillus	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bacillus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bacillus n aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil Synonym(s): bacillus, B
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.