coccus, cocci
(noun) any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria
Source: WordNet® 3.1
coccus (plural cocci)
Any approximately spherical bacterium.
One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit.
Source: Wiktionary
Coc"cus, n.; pl. Cocci. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Cochineal.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (Coccus cacti).
3. (Biol.)
Definition: A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
