Coccus /(?)/

Coc·cus

Coccus

n.

pl. Cocci

  1. One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit. (Bot.)
  2. A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (Coccus cacti). (Zool.)
  3. A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule. (Biol.)