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micrococcus

The English word “micrococcus” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. Any of a group of spherical, aerobic, gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Micrococcus, that are wide-ranging and harmless.

Etymology

From micro- + -coccus.

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