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coccoid
coccoid
English
Adjective
coccoid (comparative more coccoid, superlative most coccoid)
- spherical, shaped like a coccus
- 1999 December 10, “Microorganisms in the Accreted Ice of Lake Vostok, Antarctica”, in Science, volume 286, number 5447, DOI:, pages 2144-2147:
- ( C ) Field emission SEM image of a coccoid bacterium on a 0.02-µm Anopore filter viewed at a magnification of ×150,000 in the decontaminated ice melt.
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Noun
coccoid (plural coccoids)
- Something with a coccoid shape.