coccus

Meaning of coccus

noun

any spherical or roughly spherical bacterium.

mid 18th century (denoting a scale insect): modern Latin, from Greek kokkos ‘berry’. Compare with cochineal.

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Hyphenation of coccus

coc-cus

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • coccus is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

coccus synonyms

Meaning cocci:

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Words that rhyme with coccus

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