noun
small flexible parasitic spirochetes having three to five wavy spirals
• Hypernyms: ↑bacteria genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Treponemataceae, ↑family Treponemataceae
• Member Meronyms: ↑borrelia, ↑Borrelia burgdorferi, ↑Lime disease spirochete
Useful english dictionary. 2012.