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coccus

/ˈkɒ.kəs/US[ˈkʰɑkəs]

coccus noun: any approximately spherical bacterium.

Noun

coccus (plural cocci)

  1. Any approximately spherical bacterium.
  2. One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit.
    Synonyms:
    coque

coccus meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Vietnamese

coccus in Hindi

a bacterium of spherical shape
गोलाणु golāṇu

coccus in Tamil

காக்கசு, மணிக்கிருமி, வட்ட நுண்ணுயிர்

coccus in Tagalog

a bacterium of spherical shape
bilugishay

coccus in Vietnamese

a bacterium of spherical shape
cầu khuẩn

Synonyms of coccus

Forms of coccus

pluralcocci

Plural of coccus: cocci

Origin of coccus

From New Latin, from Latin coccum, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”).

Words formed from coccus

Questions about coccus

What does coccus mean?
Coccus means any approximately spherical bacterium.
What is coccus in Hindi?
Coccus in Hindi is गोलाणु (golāṇu). See Coccus meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is coccus?
Coccus is a noun.
How do you pronounce coccus?
Coccus is pronounced /ˈkɒ.kəs/.
What is the plural of coccus?
The plural of coccus is cocci.

Words near coccus in the dictionary

  1. cocculinellids
  2. cocculinid
  3. cocculinids
  4. cocculolidine
  5. cocculus indicus
  6. coccus
  7. coccyalgia
  8. coccydynia
  9. coccygalgia
  10. coccygeal
  11. coccygeal vertebra

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coccus (page history and authors); coccus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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