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coccobacterium
CIDE DICTIONARY
coccobacterium, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a grain + NL. bacterium. So called from its round shape.].
One of the round variety of bacteria, a vegetable organism, generally less than a thousandth of a millimeter in diameter. [1913 Webster]
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