| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Noun | 1. One of the round variety of bacteria, a vegetable organism, generally less than a thousandth of a millimeter in diameter.[Websters]. | |
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Date "Coccobacterium" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
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Etymology:Coccobacterium \Coc`co*bac*te"ri*um\, noun; plural Coccobacteria. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression grain New Latin bacterium. So called from its round shape.]. (references) |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. One of the round variety of bacteria, a vegetable organism, generally less than a thousandth of a millimeter in diameter.[Websters]. | |
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Date "COCCOBACTERIUM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Coccobacterium \Coc`co*bac*te"ri*um\, noun; plural Coccobacteria. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression grain New Latin bacterium. So called from its round shape.]. (references) |
