bacilli

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bacilli - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  bacilli \bacilli\ n.
     plural of bacillus; usually designating aerobic rod-shaped
     spore-producing bacteria; they often occur in chainlike
     formations.
  
     Syn: bacillus
          [WordNet 1.5]

  Bacillus \Ba*cil"lus\, n.; pl. Bacilli. [NL., for L. bacillum.
     See Bacillari[ae].] (Biol.)
     A variety of bacterium; a microscopic, rod-shaped vegetable
     organism.
     [1913 Webster]