ˌsaprəˈspīrə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from sapr- + Latin spira coil — more at spire
: a genus of large free-living or commensal aquatic spirochetes (family Spirochaetaceae) having neither crista nor flagella
ˌsaprəˈspīrə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from sapr- + Latin spira coil — more at spire
: a genus of large free-living or commensal aquatic spirochetes (family Spirochaetaceae) having neither crista nor flagella
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012