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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates;
[syn: Rickettsiaceae, family Rickettsiaceae]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Rickettsiaceae
    n 1: microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod
         tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates [syn:
         Rickettsiaceae, family Rickettsiaceae]