Coccosphere

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

  Coccosphere \Coc"co*sphere\, n. [Gr. ? a grain, seed + E.
     sphere.] (Biol.)
     A small, rounded, marine organism, capable of braking up into
     coccoliths.
     [1913 Webster]