vibrio

vib·rio

noun \ˈvib-rē-ō\

Definition of VIBRIO

1

capitalized : a genus of short rigid motile bacteria of the family Vibrionaceae that are straight or curved rods, have one or sometimes two or three polar flagella enclosed in a sheath, and include various saprophytes and a few pathogens (as V. cholerae, the cause of cholera in humans)

2

: any bacterium of the genus Vibrio; broadly : a curved rod-shaped bacterium