biological weapon

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An item of materiel which projects, disperses, or disseminates a biological agent including arthropod vectors.

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biological weapon - any weapon usable in biological warfare; "they feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon"

bioarm, bioweapon

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

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)

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

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