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Word: Coccus
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 18th century (denoting a scale insect): modern Latin, from Greek kokkos ‘berry’. Compare with cochineal
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkɒkəs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
any spherical or roughly spherical bacterium.
Short Definition:any spherical or spherical bacterium
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