English Explanatory Dictionary

ovococcus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An ellipsoid-shaped bacterium

Word forms

ovococcus ovococci

Etymology

From ovo- + -coccus; cf. ovoid (“oval; egg-shaped”).

Related words

ovococcal ovococcoid
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