ˈvibrēˌō noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin vibrare to shake, vibrate — more at wipe
1. capitalized : a genus of short rigid motile bacteria (family Spirillaceae) having a polar flagellum or sometimes two or three, being typically shaped like a comma or an S that occur singly or united into spirals, and including various saprophytes and a few important pathogens (as V. comma and V. fetus that are the cause of Asiatic cholera and of abortion in cattle and sheep respectively) — compare spirillum
2. -s : any bacterium of the genus Vibrio ; broadly : a curved rod-shaped bacterium
• vib·ri·oid -ēˌȯid adjective