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English Dictionary: Cocci by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cocci
n
  1. any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria [syn: coccus, cocci]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Coccus \[d8]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[94]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.
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