biological weapon

Noun
  1. Any weapon usable in biological warfare (synset 102845541)
    "they feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon"
    is a type of: w.m.d., weapon of mass destruction, wmd - a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons)
    subtypes:
    • anthrax bacillus, bacillus anthracis - a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon
    • clostridium perfringens - anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon
    • aflatoxin - a potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon
    • botulin, botulinus toxin, botulismotoxin - potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon
    • seb, staphylococcal enterotoxin b - a form of staphylococcal enterotoxin that has been used as an incapacitating agent in biological warfare
    same as: bioarm, bioweapon

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