NOUN | animal | coccus, cocci | any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria |
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Sounds | kaa'kahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | Any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria. | |
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Synonym | cocci | |
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 | |
Adjectives | coccal | of or pertaining to or resembling a coccus |
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