bioarm
English Thesaurus
1. any weapon usable in biological warfare (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | w.m.d., weapon of mass destruction, wmd, |
| definition | : | a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons) (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | anthrax bacillus, bacillus anthracis, |
| definition | : | a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | clostridium perfringens, |
| definition | : | anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | aflatoxin, |
| definition | : | a potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | botulin, botulinus toxin, botulismotoxin, |
| definition | : | potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | seb, staphylococcal enterotoxin b, |
| definition | : | a form of staphylococcal enterotoxin that has been used as an incapacitating agent in biological warfare (noun.substance) |
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