Definition of coccus Coccus
/kɑˈkʌs/ - [kakus] - coc•cus
We found 6 definitions of coccus from 4 different sources.
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What does coccus mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: coccuses |
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| coccus - any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria | ||
| cocci | ||
| eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- coccus (n.)
One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit. - coccus (n.)
A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (Coccus cacti). - coccus (n.)
A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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coccus
kok′us, n. one of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit: (zool.) a genus of insects in the order Hemiptera, and type of a family including many forms injurious to plants, and a few others useful to man.—n. Cocc′ulus, a tropical genus of climbing plants (Menispermaceæ).—Cocculus Indicus, a drug consisting of the dried fruit of Anamirta cocculus, having narcotic and poisonous properties—yielding picrotoxin. [L.,—Gr. kokkos, a berry.]
Part of speech
🔤- coccus, noun, singular of cocci.
