coccus
coc.cus \'ka:k-*s\ \'ka:k-.(s)e-, ka:k-(.)(s)e-\ n or coc.ci [NL, fr. Gk kokkos] pl 1: one of the separable carpels of a schizocarp 2: a spherical bacterium
Webster's English Dictionarycoc.cus \'ka:k-*s\ \'ka:k-.(s)e-, ka:k-(.)(s)e-\ n or coc.ci [NL, fr. Gk kokkos] pl 1: one of the separable carpels of a schizocarp 2: a spherical bacterium