‖Lep″to‐thrix, a. [See Leptothrix, n.] (Biol.) Having the form of a little chain; — applied to bacteria when, as in multiplication by fission, they form a chain of filiform individuals.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.