HyperDic: anthrax_bacillus

English > 1 sense of the expression anthrax bacillus:
NOUNanimalanthrax bacillus, Bacillus anthracisa species of bacillus that causes anthrax / anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs)
English > anthrax bacillus: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA 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.
SynonymBacillus anthracis
Broaderbacillus, Baerobic rod-shaped spore-producing / producing bacterium
bioweapon, biological weapon, bioarmAny weapon usable in biological warfare
Catalanbacillus anthracis

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