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ALL meanings of coccus

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  • noun coccus any spherical or nearly spherical bacterium, such as a staphylococcus 3
  • noun coccus the part of a fruit that contains one seed and separates from the whole fruit at maturity 3
  • noun coccus any of the scale insects of the genus Coccus 3
  • noun coccus a bacterium of a spherical shape 3
  • noun coccus any of the carpels, containing one seed, into which compound fruits split when ripe 3
  • noun coccus Any spherical or roughly spherical bacterium. 1
  • noun plural coccus Bacteriology. a spherical bacterium. 1
  • noun plural coccus Botany. one of the carpels of a schizocarp. 1
  • noun coccus Any approximately spherical bacterium. 0
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