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Coccus   Listen
noun
Coccus  n.  (pl. cocci)  
1.
(Bot.) One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.
2.
(Zool.) A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (Coccus cacti).
3.
(Biol.) A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule.





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"Coccus" Quotes from Famous Books



... animals do not differ in kind, although immensely in degree. A difference in degree, however great, does not justify us in placing man in a distinct kingdom, as will perhaps be best illustrated by comparing the mental powers of two insects, namely, a coccus or scale-insect and an ant, which undoubtedly belong to the same class. The difference is here greater than, though of a somewhat different kind from, that between man and the highest mammal. The female coccus, whilst young, attaches itself by its proboscis to a plant; sucks the sap, but never ...
— The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex • Charles Darwin


Words linked to "Coccus" :   Coccus hesperidum, staphylococci, Dactylopius coccus, coccal, cocci, true bacteria, staphylococcus, genus Coccus, eubacteria, eubacterium


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