n 1  cap  :  a genus of aerobic gram-negative parasitic bacteria of the family Pasteurellaceae forming filaments resembling streptobacilli - see ACTINOBACILLOSIS   2  pl  -li   :  a bacterium of the genus Actinobacillus .
 
 
 
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