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||Coc*cos"te*us (?), n. [NL., from
Gr. &?; grain, seed + &?; bone.] (Paleon.) An extinct
genus of Devonian ganoid fishes, having the broad plates about
the head studded with berrylike tubercles.

||Coc"cu*lus In"di*cus (?), n. [NL.
cocculus (dim. of L. coccum kermes berry) + L.
Indicus of India.] (Bot.) The fruit or berry
of the Anamirta Cocculus, a climbing plant of the East
Indies. It is a poisonous narcotic and stimulant.

||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.

Coc*cyg"e*al (?), a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the coccyx; as, the coccygeal
vertebræ.


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