Spirochaetales spi·roc·hae·tales uncommon noun 1. higher bacteria; slender spiral rodlike forms Synonymsorder Spirochaetales Related words Broader terms animal order Parts division Eubacteria Part of SpirochaetaceaespirocheteTreponemataceae WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.