Saprospira

noun

Sap·​ro·​spi·​ra

ˌsaprəˈspīrə

: a genus of large free-living or commensal aquatic spirochetes (family Spirochaetaceae) having neither crista nor flagella

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from sapr- + Latin spira coil

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