NOUN | animal | Bacillus anthracis, anthrax bacillus | a species of bacillus that causes anthrax / anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs) |
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Meaning | A species of bacillus that causes anthrax / anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon. | |
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Synonym | anthrax bacillus | |
Broader | bacillus, B | aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing / producing bacterium |
bioweapon, biological weapon, bioarm | Any weapon usable in biological warfare | |
Catalan | bacillus anthracis |
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