coccobacterium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of various round variety of bacteria.

Word forms

coccobacterium coccobacteria

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain”) + bacterium, from its round shape.

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