- Coccobacterium
- Coccobacterium Coc`co*bac*te"ri*um, n.; pl. {Coccobacteria}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a grain + NL. bacterium. So called from its round shape.] (Biol.) One of the round variety of bacteria, a vegetable organism, generally less than a thousandth of a millimeter in diameter. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.