ALL meanings of coccus
coc·cus
C c - 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