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coccoid

American

[kok-oid] / ˈkɒk ɔɪd /

adjective

Also coccoidal resembling a coccus; globular.

noun

a coccoid cell or organism.

Etymology

Origin of coccoid

First recorded in 1910–15; cocc(us) + -oid

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