NOUN | animal | cocci, coccus | any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria |
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Meaning | Any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria. | |
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Synonym | coccus | |
Narrower | staphylococcus, staphylococci, staph | Spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies |
Broader | eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria | A large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls |
Spanish | coccus, coco, estafilococos | |
Catalan | coccus, coc |
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