Usually means: Bacteria with flagella all around.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. peritrichous: Merriam-Webster
  2. peritrichous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. peritrichous: Collins English Dictionary
  4. peritrichous: Vocabulary.com
  5. peritrichous: Wordnik
  6. peritrichous: Wiktionary
  7. peritrichous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. peritrichous: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. peritrichous: Dictionary.com
  10. peritrichous: Rhymezone
  11. peritrichous: FreeDictionary.org
  12. peritrichous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. peritrichous: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. peritrichous: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. peritrichous: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. peritrichous: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (biology) Having flagella around the body or around the mouth

Similar:
peritrichious, mastigophoric, flagellate, atrichous, flagellotropic, flagelliferous, hyperflagellated, flagellar, nonflagellated, aflagellated, more...

Opposite:
apolitrichous, monotrichous, lophotrichous

Types:
ciliated, flagellated, pilose, more...

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Similar:
peritrichious, mastigophoric, flagellate, atrichous, flagellotropic, flagelliferous, hyperflagellated, flagellar, nonflagellated, aflagellated, more...

Opposite:
apolitrichous, monotrichous, lophotrichous

Types:
ciliated, flagellated, pilose, more...



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