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Coccobacterium
Pronunciation : Coc`co*bac*te"ri*um
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [NL., fr. Gr. bacterium. So called from its round shape.] (Biol.)
Definition : Defn: One of the round variety of bacteria, a vegetable organism, generally less than a thousandth of a millimeter in diameter.
pl. Coccobacteria.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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