'Bacilli' definitions:
Definition of '
Bacilli
'
From:
GCIDE
Bacillus \Ba*cil"lus\, n.; pl. Bacilli. [NL., for L. bacillum. See Bacillari[ae].] (Biol.) A variety of bacterium; a microscopic, rod-shaped vegetable organism. [1913 Webster]
Definition of '
bacilli
'
From:
GCIDE
bacilli \bacilli\ n. plural of
bacillus
; usually designating aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacteria; they often occur in chainlike formations.
Syn: bacillus [WordNet 1.5]
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