coccus

English Thesaurus

1. any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria,
definition	:	a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	staph, staphylococci, staphylococcus,
definition	:	spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections (noun.animal)

derivation	:	coccal,
definition	:	of or pertaining to or resembling a coccus (adj.pert)

derivation	:	coccal,
definition	:	of or pertaining to or resembling a coccus (adj.pert)