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coccosphere

coccosphere noun: a small rounded marine organism, capable of breaking up into coccoliths.

Noun

coccosphere (plural coccospheres)

  1. A small rounded marine organism, capable of breaking up into coccoliths.
    • Knappertsbusch et al. (1997) redefined the C. leptoporus morphotype concept of Knappertsbusch (1990) by measureing the coccosphere diameter and mean coccolith diameter of an additional 63 coccospheres.2013, Hans R. Thierstein, Jeremy R. Young, Coccolithophores: From Molecular Processes to Global Impact, page 303

Forms of coccosphere

pluralcoccospheres

Origin of coccosphere

Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “a grain, seed”) + -sphere.

Questions about coccosphere

What does coccosphere mean?
Coccosphere means a small rounded marine organism, capable of breaking up into coccoliths.
What part of speech is coccosphere?
Coccosphere is a noun.
What is the plural of coccosphere?
The plural of coccosphere is coccospheres.

Words near coccosphere in the dictionary

  1. coccolithophorids
  2. coccolithovirus
  3. coccolithoviruses
  4. coccoliths
  5. Coccos
  6. coccosphere
  7. coccospheres
  8. coccostean
  9. coccosteans
  10. coccosteid
  11. coccosteids

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