coccoid

English

Etymology

From coccus +‎ -oid.

Adjective

coccoid (comparative more coccoid, superlative most coccoid)

1. spherical, shaped like a coccus
   • 1999 December 10, “Microorganisms in the Accreted Ice of Lake Vostok, Antarctica”, in Science‎^[1], volume 286, number 5447, →DOI, pages 2144–2147:

     ( 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.

Noun

coccoid (plural coccoids)

1. Something with a coccoid shape.