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coccospheres

coccospheres is the plural of coccosphere.

Meaning of coccosphere

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

Questions about coccospheres

What is coccospheres the plural of?
Coccospheres is the plural of coccosphere.

Words near coccospheres in the dictionary

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

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