HyperDic: yersinia_pestis

English > 1 sense of the expression Yersinia pestis:
NOUNanimalYersinia pestisa bacillus bacterium that causes the plague / plague
English > Yersinia pestis: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA bacillus bacterium that causes the plague / plague; aerosolized bacteria can be used as a bioweapon.
Broaderbacillus, Baerobic rod-shaped spore-producing / producing bacterium

©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact

English | Spanish | Catalan
Privacy | Robots

Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict