Coccus

Definition:

• (n.) One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.
• (n.) A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (Coccus cacti).
• (n.) A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule.

Compare coccus with other words:

coccus vs. diplococcus

coccus vs. micrococcus

coccus vs. gonococcus

cocci vs. coccus

bacillus vs. coccus

coccus vs. pneumococcus

coccus vs. streptococcus

bacteria vs. coccus