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cocci

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coc·ci  (kks, kk)
n.
Plural of coccus.
cocci [ˈkɒksaɪ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) the plural of coccus
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Noun1.cocci - any spherical or nearly spherical bacteriacocci - any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria
coccus
eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria - a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
staph, staphylococci, staphylococcus - spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections
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During the present year, however, in the month of July, I came across a community with an unusually large stock of slaves, and I observed a few slaves mingled with their masters leaving the nest, and marching along the same road to a tall Scotch-fir-tree, twenty-five yards distant, which they ascended together, probably in search of aphides or cocci.
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