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Coc*cif"er*ous (?), a. [L.
coccum a berry + -ferous. See Coccus.]
Bearing or producing berries; bacciferous; as,
cocciferous trees or plants.

||Coc`ci*nel"la (?), n. [NL., fr.
L. coccineus scarlet-colored. See Cochoneal.]
(Zoöl.) A genus of small beetles of many
species. They and their larvæ feed on aphids or plant lice,
and hence are of great benefit to man. Also called
ladybirds and ladybugs.

||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.

Coc"co*lite (?), n. [Gr. &?; a
grain, seed + -lite: cf. F. coccalite.]
(Min.) A granular variety of pyroxene, green or white
in color.

Coc"co*lith (?), n. [Gr. &?; a
grain, seed + -lith.] (Biol.) One of a kind of
minute, calcareous bodies, probably vegetable, often abundant in
deep-sea mud.

Coc"co*sphere (?), n.


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