coccus
/ˈkɒkəs/noun
(pl.cocci /ˈkɒksaɪ/)
- Biology any spherical or roughly spherical bacterium【生】球菌。
派生词
coccal
adjectivecoccoid
adjective词源
mid 18th cent. (denoting a scale insect)： modern Latin, from Greek kokkos 'berry'. Compare with COCHINEAL.