coccus
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coccus
- /ˈkɒk.əs/
- [ˈkʰɑkəs] US
Sounds like caucus (cot–caught merger) · Rhymes with -ɒkəs
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from New Latin coccus, from Latin coccum (“a berry yielding a scarlet dye”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed, berry”), possibly from Pre-Greek. First attested in 1765.
noun cocci
- Any approximately spherical bacterium.
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One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit.
Similar: coque
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Talk about this word "coccus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/coccus. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. coccus. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/coccus "coccus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/coccus.Cite this
@misc{coccus_2026,
title = {coccus},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/coccus},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
