coccus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria
    cocci.

WordNet

Coc"cus noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. grain, seed. See Cochineal.
Wordforms
plural Cocci
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.
  2. (Zoöl.) A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (Coccus cacti).
  3. (Biol.) A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule.

Webster 1913