vibrio Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun curved rodlike motile bacterium
    vibrion.

WordNet

Vib"ri*o noun
Etymology
NL., fr. L. vibrare to vibrate, to move by undulations.
Wordforms
plural E Vibrios L Vibriones
Definitions
  1. (Biol.) A genus of motile bacteria characterized by short, slightly sinuous filaments and an undulatory motion; also, an individual of this genus.

Webster 1913