-COCCUS


Meaning of -COCCUS in English

|käkəs noun combining form

( plural -cocci |käˌkī, |käkē, |käkˌsī, |käksē)

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kokkos

1. : plant having berries, seeds, or cocci (of a specified type) — usually in generic names

Oxy coccus

Ptero coccus

2. : berry-shaped organism — especially in generic names of algae and bacteria

Proto coccus

Micro coccus

Strepto coccus

Staphylo coccus

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