(often attributive, bacteriology) Escherichia coli, a Gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms.

Any bird of either of the genera Colius or Urocolius, endemic to sub-Saharan Africa.

plural of coly

A minor river, the River Coly, in East Devon, England, which joins the River Axe near Colyford.

plural of colibacillus

Any bacterium of the species Escherichia coli; a coli.

plural of colibacillosis

(pathology) disease caused by the bacterium Escherichia coli

(medicine) The presence of Escherichia coli in the urine.

Misspelling of colibacillosis.