||Coc"cus (?), n.; pl.
Cocci (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; grain, seed. See
Cochineal.] 1. (Bot.) One of
the separable carpels of a dry fruit.
2. (Zoöl.) A genus of
hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal
insect (Coccus cacti).
3. (Biol.) A form of bacteria,
shaped like a globule.