coccusn.

Brit.

/ˈkɒkəs/, U.S.

/ˈkɑkəs/

Etymology: modern Latin, < Greek κόκκος grain, seed, berry, kermes-grain: see alkermes n. In sense 2, earlier botanists used Latin coccum.

1. The genus of Homopterous insects which includes the Cochineal ( C. cacti), the Kermes or Scarlet Grain ( C. ilicis), the Lac insect ( C. Lacca), and numerous species hurtful to many plants. Applied in Pharmacy to the dried female of the cochineal insect.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Coccidae or genus Coccus

coccus1765

1765 Dr. Wolfe in Philos. Trans. 1764 (Royal Soc.) 54 95 The insects creep out of their coccusses from the beginning of June till the middle of August.

1813 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. (ed. 4) III. 197 The coccus or cochineal of the peach tree.

1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. ix. 299 The die of the purple is mentioned in scripture as well as that of the coccus.

1874 J. Lubbock Orig. & Metamorphoses Insects i. 26 The male Coccus is a minute, active insect, with 4 large wings.

2. Botany. One of the carpels of a dry fruit, which burst with elasticity from the common axis.

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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [noun] > compound or aggregate fruit > part that splits off

coccus1800

coque1821

coccule1835

1800 J. Hull Elements Bot. I. 114 A coccum can be easily distinguished by that mark.

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 130 Fruit separating into distinct cocci.

1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 75 Geranieæ..capsule beaked, of several 1-seeded awned cocci.

3. Any individual bacterium of a group including the family Micrococcaceæ and characterized by a spherical or nearly spherical shape.

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the world > life > biology > organism > micro-organism > bacterium > [noun] > types of

vibrio1850

micrococcus1870

microzyme1870

Spirillum1875

mycothrix1876

leptothrix1877

Spirochaete1877

streptococcus1877

Actinomyces1879

frogspawn1880

schizophyte1880

schizomycetes1881

gonococcus1882

saprophile1882

vibrion1882

coccus1883

diplococcus1883

streptobacteria1883

Clostridium1884

actinomycetes1885

pneumococcus1885

macrococcus1887

staphylococcus1887

iron bacterium1888

Proteus1888

ferrobacterium1890

meningococcus1890

rhizobium1890

sulphobacteria1890

nitrobacterium1891

Streptothrix1891

sulphur bacterium1891

myxobacter1892

Myxococcus1892

tetracoccus1893

coli1894

Pasteurella1895

pyrotoxin1895

Gaertner1897

purple bacterium1897

myxobacterium1898

pseudomonas1899

thiobacteria1900

treponema1908

corynebacterium1909

mycobacterium1909

Salmonella1913

Neisseria1915

botulinum1916

rickettsia1916

leptospira1918

acetobacter1920

Brucella1920

pseudomonad1921

strep1927

enterobacterium1929

opportunist1937

eubacterium1939

agrobacterium1942

persister1944

Moraxella1948

enteric1956

streptomycete1956

leptospire1957

transformant1957

lysogen1958

listeria1961

C. difficile1962

yersinia1967

Campylobacter1971

cyanobacterium1973

coryneform1976

eubacterium1977

legionella1979

acetogen1982

C. diff.1990

acidophilous1996

1883 D. MacAlister tr. E. Ziegler Text-bk. Pathol. Anat. i. §185 Masses of cocci enclosed in a cylindrical sheath are called ascococci; coupled spherules are diplococci; chains or chaplets of spherules, streptococci; and in like manner he [Billroth] describes diplobacteria and streptobacteria.

1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 404/2 The filaments separate first into shorter filaments, then into rodlets, and finally into ‘cocci’.

1908 Practitioner Jan. 137 A mixture of cocci belonging to different groups.

1968 R. Cruickshank Med. Microbiol. (ed. 11) iv. 42 The different cocci are relatively uniform in size, about 1μ being the average diameter.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	coccus
释义	coccusn. Brit. /ˈkɒkəs/, U.S. /ˈkɑkəs/ Etymology: modern Latin, < Greek κόκκος grain, seed, berry, kermes-grain: see alkermes n. In sense 2, earlier botanists used Latin coccum. 1. The genus of Homopterous insects which includes the Cochineal ( C. cacti), the Kermes or Scarlet Grain ( C. ilicis), the Lac insect ( C. Lacca), and numerous species hurtful to many plants. Applied in Pharmacy to the dried female of the cochineal insect. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Coccidae or genus Coccus coccus1765 1765 Dr. Wolfe in Philos. Trans. 1764 (Royal Soc.) 54 95 The insects creep out of their coccusses from the beginning of June till the middle of August. 1813 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. (ed. 4) III. 197 The coccus or cochineal of the peach tree. 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. ix. 299 The die of the purple is mentioned in scripture as well as that of the coccus. 1874 J. Lubbock Orig. & Metamorphoses Insects i. 26 The male Coccus is a minute, active insect, with 4 large wings. 2. Botany. One of the carpels of a dry fruit, which burst with elasticity from the common axis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [noun] > compound or aggregate fruit > part that splits off coccus1800 coque1821 coccule1835 1800 J. Hull Elements Bot. I. 114 A coccum can be easily distinguished by that mark. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 130 Fruit separating into distinct cocci. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 75 Geranieæ..capsule beaked, of several 1-seeded awned cocci. 3. Any individual bacterium of a group including the family Micrococcaceæ and characterized by a spherical or nearly spherical shape. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > organism > micro-organism > bacterium > [noun] > types of vibrio1850 micrococcus1870 microzyme1870 Spirillum1875 mycothrix1876 leptothrix1877 Spirochaete1877 streptococcus1877 Actinomyces1879 frogspawn1880 schizophyte1880 schizomycetes1881 gonococcus1882 saprophile1882 vibrion1882 coccus1883 diplococcus1883 streptobacteria1883 Clostridium1884 actinomycetes1885 pneumococcus1885 macrococcus1887 staphylococcus1887 iron bacterium1888 Proteus1888 ferrobacterium1890 meningococcus1890 rhizobium1890 sulphobacteria1890 nitrobacterium1891 Streptothrix1891 sulphur bacterium1891 myxobacter1892 Myxococcus1892 tetracoccus1893 coli1894 Pasteurella1895 pyrotoxin1895 Gaertner1897 purple bacterium1897 myxobacterium1898 pseudomonas1899 thiobacteria1900 treponema1908 corynebacterium1909 mycobacterium1909 Salmonella1913 Neisseria1915 botulinum1916 rickettsia1916 leptospira1918 acetobacter1920 Brucella1920 pseudomonad1921 strep1927 enterobacterium1929 opportunist1937 eubacterium1939 agrobacterium1942 persister1944 Moraxella1948 enteric1956 streptomycete1956 leptospire1957 transformant1957 lysogen1958 listeria1961 C. difficile1962 yersinia1967 Campylobacter1971 cyanobacterium1973 coryneform1976 eubacterium1977 legionella1979 acetogen1982 C. diff.1990 acidophilous1996 1883 D. MacAlister tr. E. Ziegler Text-bk. Pathol. Anat. i. §185 Masses of cocci enclosed in a cylindrical sheath are called ascococci; coupled spherules are diplococci; chains or chaplets of spherules, streptococci; and in like manner he [Billroth] describes diplobacteria and streptobacteria. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 404/2 The filaments separate first into shorter filaments, then into rodlets, and finally into ‘cocci’. 1908 Practitioner Jan. 137 A mixture of cocci belonging to different groups. 1968 R. Cruickshank Med. Microbiol. (ed. 11) iv. 42 The different cocci are relatively uniform in size, about 1μ being the average diameter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1765
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