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Pronunciation: [kˈɒkəs] (IPA)

Coccus is a term that refers to a type of bacteria that has a spherical or round shape. There are a number of synonyms that can be used to describe this type of bacteria, including micrococci, streptococci, and staphylococci. Other related terms that are commonly used include diplococcus, which refers to two coccus bacteria that are joined together, and tetrad, which is used to describe coccus bacteria that form groups of four. In medical contexts, coccus bacteria are often associated with infections and can cause a range of illnesses, including strep throat, pneumonia, and meningitis.
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It is of a very peculiar form, resembling a very delicate, broad, and flattened valve of a bi-valve shell, such as the genus Iridina, the part where the hinge is being a little produced and raised, and forming the cover of the coccus which secretes the beautiful material just in the same unexplained way as the scale insects form the slender attenuated scales beneath which they are born.
"Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia In Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria (1848) by Lt. Col. Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell Kt. D.C.L. (1792-1855) Surveyor-General of New South Wales"
Thomas Mitchell
It is an extremely beautiful production, quite unlike any thing I have yet seen, and is, I have no doubt, the scale of a coccus.
"Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia In Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria (1848) by Lt. Col. Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell Kt. D.C.L. (1792-1855) Surveyor-General of New South Wales"
Thomas Mitchell
The coccus, too, which has caused so much destruction among our orchards at home, is fortunately still unknown here.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner

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