English noun: spirochaete | |||
1. | spirochaete (animal) parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals | ||
Synonyms | spirochete | ||
Broader (hypernym) | eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | borrelia, Borrelia burgdorferi, leptospira, Lime disease spirochete, treponema | ||
Member meronym | order Spirochaetales, Spirochaetales | ||