Coccobacterium

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coccobacterium \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.
     [1913 Webster]