Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Coccus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coccus \Coc"cus\, n.; pl. {Cocci}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? grain, seed.
See {Cochineal}.]
1. (Bot.) One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale
insects, and the cochineal insect ({Coccus cacti}).
3. (Biol.) A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
coccus
n : any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria [syn: {cocci}]
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