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coccus

Pronunciation: /ˈkɒ.kəs/

The English word “coccus” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Any approximately spherical bacterium.
  2. One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit.

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin coccum, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”).

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