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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Coccus \Coc"cus\, n.; pl {Cocci}. [NL., fr Gr ? grain, seed. See {Cochineal}.] 1. (Bot.) One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect ({Coccus cacti}). 3. (Biol.) A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: coccus n : any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria [syn: {cocci}]
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