comma : Idioms & Phrases

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Comma bacillus

  • noun comma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera
    comma bacillus.
WordNet
  • (Physiol.), a variety of bacillus shaped like a comma, found in the intestines of patients suffering from cholera. It is considered by some as having a special relation to the disease; called also cholera bacillus.
Webster 1913

Comma butterfly

  • noun anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
    comma butterfly; comma.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), an American butterfly (Grapta comma), having a white comma-shaped marking on the under side of the wings.
Webster 1913

inverted comma

  • noun a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
    quotation mark; quote.
WordNet

polygonia comma

  • noun anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
    comma butterfly; comma.
WordNet

vibrio comma

  • noun comma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera
    comma bacillus.
WordNet