noun
an aerobic Gram-negative coccobacillus that causes brucellosis; can be used as a bioweapon
• Hypernyms: ↑coccobacillus
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/brooh sel"euh/, n., pl. brucellae /-sel"ee/, brucellas. Bacteriol.
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Brucella, certain species of which, as B. melitensis, are pathogenic for humans and other animals.
[1920; NL; after D. BRUCE; see -ELLA]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.