bacilli

See also: Bacilli

English

Noun

bacilli

plural of bacillus
- 1974, Graham Greene, The Honorary Consul, New York: Pocket Books, page 94:
  One lie in the presence of a policeman seemed to multiply like bacilli.

Italian

Noun

bacilli m

plural of bacillo

Latin

Noun

bacillī

inflection of bacillus:
1. nominative/vocative plural
2. genitive singular

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