| 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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