Meanings
nounvibrio (plural vibrios or vibriones)
plural vibrios · plural vibriones
- Any of several bacteria, of the genus Vibrio, shaped like a curved rod.
"He dips it into the poison and they are gone. Our Gardener is, in my opinion, about to dip the solar system, and the human bacillus, the little mortal vibrio which twisted and wriggled upon the outer rind of the earth, will in an instant be sterilized out of existence."
1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
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Origin
From the genus name.
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APA
vibrio. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vibrio
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“vibrio.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vibrio. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vibrio,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vibrio.
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