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Definition of "coccus" []

  • A bacterium having a spherical or spheroidal shape. (noun)
  • Botany A division containing a single seed that splits apart from a many-lobed fruit. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "coccus" in a sentence
  • "I'm a coccus, which is a round bacteria, or sometimes two stuck together."
  • "This rough estimate applies to the globular and the egg-shaped bacteria, to which is given the name "coccus" (plural, cocci)."
  • "Maque is a yet another application of lacquer upon a base of wood, generally a shallow bowl (batea), with the addition of an essential element - "aje," an animal fat extracted from the female insect coccus axin from the Tierra Caliente."
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