coccus
Meaning of coccus
noun
any spherical or roughly spherical bacterium.
mid 18th century (denoting a scale insect): modern Latin, from Greek kokkos ‘berry’. Compare with cochineal.
Information about coccus
Hyphenation of coccus
coc-cus
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- coccus is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
coccus synonyms
Meaning cocci:
Words that rhyme with coccus
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