curli

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Synonyms: curl, curly, carli, curls, curle, curci, curi, curll, curvi, curti, crli

Antonyms: curl, curly, carli, curls, curle, curci, curi, curll, curvi, curti, crli

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Noun

1. Thin, coiled, [[proteinaceous]] [[fibre]]s, on the surface of the [[bacterium]] {{taxfmt|Escherichia coli|species}}, by means of which the bacterium adheres to and infects wounds etc.

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