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Webster 1913 Edition

Coccus

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Coc′cus

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Cocci
(#)
.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] grain, seed. See
Cochineal
.]
1.
(Bot.)
One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.
2.
(Zool.)
A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (
Coccus cacti
).
3.
(Biol.)
A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule.

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