The Collaborative International Dictionary
Streptothrix
Streptothrix \Strep"to*thrix\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? pliant, bent + ? a hair.] (Biol.) A genus of bacilli occurring of the form of long, smooth and apparently branched threads, either straight or twisted.
Wiktionary
streptothrix
n. (context biology English) Any of the genus (taxlink Streptothrix genus) of bacillus, occurring in the form of long, smooth and apparently branched threads, either straight or twisted.