What does coccus mean?
Definitions for coccus
ˈkɒk əscoc·cus
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Princeton's WordNet
coccus, coccinoun
any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria
Wiktionary
coccusnoun
Any approximately spherical bacterium
Etymology: from κόκκος
Webster Dictionary
Coccusnoun
one of the separable carpels of a dry fruit
Coccusnoun
a genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (Coccus cacti)
Coccusnoun
a form of bacteria, shaped like a globule
Etymology: [NL., fr. Gr. grain, seed. See Cochineal.]
Wikidata
Coccus
Coccus can be used to describe any bacterium that has a spherical shape. It is one of the three distinct types of bacteria shapes, the other two being bacillus and spirillum cells. Coccus is an English loanword of a Neolatin noun, which in turn stems from the Greek masculine noun kokkos meaning "berry". The term 'coccus' is used in botany to denote a mericarp or 1-seeded segment of a schizocarp.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of coccus in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of coccus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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