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Coccoid

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    spherical, shaped like a coccus

    "( C ) Field emission SEM image of a coccoid bacterium on a 0.02-µm Anopore filter viewed at a magnification of ×150,000 in the decontaminated ice melt."

Adjective
  1. 1
    spherical; like a coccus wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Something with a coccoid shape.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From coccus + -oid.

Etymology 2

From coccus + -oid.

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