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Noun: leptospira  ,lep-tu'spI-ru
  1. Important pathogens causing Weil's disease or canicola fever

Derived forms: leptospiras

Type of: spirochaete, spirochete [N. Amer]

Part of: genus Leptospira

Encyclopedia: Leptospira

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Leptopteris superba
Leptoptilus
Leptoptilus crumeniferus
Leptoptilus dubius
leptorhine
leptorrhine
leptorrhinian
leptorrhinic
Leptospermum
Leptospermum scoparium
leptospira
leptospirosis
leptosporangiate
leptosporangium
leptotene
Leptotyphlopidae
Leptotyphlops
Leptotyphlops humilis
Lepus
Lepus americanus
Lepus arcticus