COCCUS
\kˈɒkəs], \kˈɒkəs], \k_ˈɒ_k_ə_s]\
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A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule.
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A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (cacti).
By Noah Webster.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Coccus cacti-c. Americanus, Coccus cacti.
By Robley Dunglison
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A spheroidal bacterial cell-form, such as macrococcus, micrococcus, streptococcus, gonococcus, etc.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).