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cocci (n.)

spherical-shaped bacteria, plural of Latin coccus (attested from 1883 as a bacterium name), from Greek kokkos "berry" (see cocco-).

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cocco- 
word-forming element meaning "berry, seed," or something shaped like them, from Latinized form of Greek kokkos "a grain, a seed," especially "kermes-berry, gall of the kermes oak" (actually an insect), which yields scarlet dye, a word of unknown origin, perhaps from a non-Greek source.

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Definitions of cocci

cocci (n.)
any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria;
Synonyms: coccus
From wordnet.princeton.edu

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