Akademik

Spirochaetaceae

noun

large coarsely spiral bacteria; free-living in fresh or salt water or commensal in bodies of oysters

• Syn: ↑family Spirochaetaceae

• Hypernyms: ↑bacteria family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Spirochaetales, ↑order Spirochaetales

• Member Meronyms: ↑Spirochaeta, ↑genus Spirochaeta

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\\ˌspīrəkēˈtāsēˌē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Spirochaeta, type genus + -aceae

: a family comprising large coarsely spiral bacteria (order Spirochaetales) that are free-living in fresh or salt water or commensal in the body of oysters — compare treponemataceae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.