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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Coccus

/käk'-əs/ · Coc·cus · IPA /[ˈkʰɑkəs]/
01 n. One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.
pl. Cocci ((#))
  1. 1.
    One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.(Bot.)
  2. 2.
    A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (Coccus cacti).(Zool.)
  3. 3.
    A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule.(Biol.)