bachle2+

t. An obsolete Scotch form of baffle. bacile (ba-chē'le), n.; pl. bacili (-lē). [It., bacillar (bas'i-lär), a. [L. bacillum or NL. ba cill us, q. v., + -ar.] 1. Belonging or pertaining to the genus Bacillus. - 2. Resembling in form a short rod or bacillus; bacilliform. As applied to the valves of diatoms, it indicates that their greatest dimension is in a direction parallel to the line of juncture of the two valves; that is, they are longer than broad, and therefore rod-like. See cut under bacillus.