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Mycobacteriaceae

noun

a family of bacteria

• Syn: ↑family Mycobacteriaceae

• Hypernyms: ↑bacteria family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Actinomycetales, ↑order Actinomycetales

• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Mycobacterium

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ˌtirēˈāsēˌē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a family of rod-shaped bacteria (order Actinomycetales) rarely filamentous and with only occasional slight branching

Useful english dictionary. 2012.