tetracoccus
[ te-truh-kok-uhs ]
noun,plural tet·ra·coc·ci [te-truh-kok-sahy, -see], /ˌtɛ trəˈkɒk saɪ, -si/, Bacteriology.
a spherical bacterium occurring in square groups of four.
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The four cocci which result from a single division may remain together, giving the tetracoccus or tetrad grouping.
The Fundamentals of Bacteriology | Charles Bradfield Morrey
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