Bacillus

See also: bacillus and Bacilli

Translingual

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin bacillus (“small staff or wand, walking stick”).

Proper noun

Bacillus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bacillaceae – certain rod-shaped bacteria.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Bacillidae – certain stick insects.

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