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