genus spirochaeta

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1. the type genus of the family Spirochaetaceae; a bacterium that is flexible, undulating, and chiefly aquatic (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bacteria genus,
definition	:	a genus of bacteria (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family spirochaetaceae, spirochaetaceae,
definition	:	large coarsely spiral bacteria; free-living in fresh or salt water or commensal in bodies of oysters (noun.animal)