anthrax bacillus

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Noun

1.

anthrax bacillus - a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweaponBacillus anthracisB, bacillus - aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soilbioarm, biological weapon, bioweapon - any weapon usable in biological warfare; "they feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon"