Definitions for "Coccus"
One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.
A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule.
a spherical bacterium.
A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (Coccus cacti).
The genus of Insects including the Cochineal. In these the male is a minute, winged fly, and the female generally a motionless, berry-like mass. 35