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      spirillum
      noun
      any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form
      spirally twisted elongate rodlike bacteria usually living in stagnant water
      Roots
      spiraspir- · Latin · coil, spiralillus-illum · Latin · diminutive
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