coccus
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 6
[ˈkʰɑkəs]
Definition of coccus
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- Any approximately spherical bacterium.
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noun
- Any approximately spherical bacterium.
- One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit.
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Etymology
From New Latin, from Latin coccum, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”).
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