Haemophilus
Translingual
Haemophilus influenzae in sputum sample
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + φίλος (phílos, “beloved, dear”).
Proper noun
Haemophilus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pasteurellaceae – nonmotile, gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria that include several important pathogens.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Proteobacteria - phylum; Gammaproteobacteria - class; Enterobacterales - order; Pasteurellaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Haemophilus influenzae - type species; Haemophilus aegyptius,Haemophilus ducreyi, Haemophilus haemolyticus, Haemophilus paracuniculus, Haemophilus parahaemolyticus, Haemophilus parainfluenzae, Haemophilus influenzae, Haemophilus paraphrohaemolyticus, Haemophilus pittmaniae, Haemophilus quentini, Haemophilus sputorum - selected other species
References
Haemophilus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Haemophilus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Haemophilus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Haemophilus in the Genome Taxonomy Database
- “haemophilus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary