Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 + 1828)

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Coccobacterium (Page: 271)

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.