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кокковая форма
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
Coccus — Coc cus, n.; pl. {Cocci}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? grain, seed. See {Cochineal}.] 1. (Bot.) One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Coccus cacti — Coccus Coc cus, n.; pl. {Cocci}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? grain, seed. See {Cochineal}.] 1. (Bot.) One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-coccus — [käk′əs] combining form forming nouns coccus: used in names of various bacteria [gonococcus] … English World dictionary
Coccus — For the genus of scale insects, see Coccus (insect) … Wikipedia
-coccus — |käkəs noun combining form (plural cocci |käˌkī, |käkē, |käkˌsī, |käksē) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kokkos 1. : plant having berries, seeds, or cocci (of a specified type) usually in generic names … Useful english dictionary
Coccus cacti — Cochineal Coch i*neal (k[o^]ch [i^]*n[=e]l; 277), [Sp. cochinilla, dim. from L. coccineus, coccinus, scarlet, fr. coccum the kermes berry, G. ko kkos berry, especially the kermes insect, used to dye scarlet, as the cochineal was formerly supposed … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Coccus Sinensis — Wax Wax, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs, OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan. vox, Lith. vaszkas, Russ. vosk .] [1913 Webster] 1. A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-coccus — a combining form representing coccus in compound words: streptococcus. * * * … Universalium
Coccus — A bacterial cell which has the shape of a sphere. Coccus enters into the name of a number of bacteria. For example, enterococcus, meningococcus, pneumococcus, staphylococcus, and streptococcus. * * * 1. A bacterium of round, spheroidal, or ovoid… … Medical dictionary
-coccus — aff. a combining form representing coccus in the names of bacteria: streptococcus[/ex] … From formal English to slang
coccus — /ˈkɒkəs/ (say kokuhs) noun (plural cocci /ˈkɒkaɪ/ (say kokuy), /ˈkɒki/ (say kokee)) 1. Bacteriology a spherical unicellular organism when free, slightly flattened when two or more form in apposition, as in Neisseria gonorrhoeae or N. meningitidis …