bacilli

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US/bəˈsɪl.aɪ/

A form of bacillus — Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of bacillus

    One lie in the presence of a policeman seemed to multiply like bacilli.

    1974, Graham Greene, The Honorary Consul, New York: Pocket Books, page 94
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