n 1  cap  :  a genus of gram-negative anaerobic strictly parasitic rod-shaped bacteria of the family Bacteroidaceae that include some pathogens occurring esp. in purulent or gangrenous infections  2  pl  -ria   :  any bacterium of the genus Fusobacterium .
 
 
 
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