Protococcus

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

  Protococcus \Pro`to*coc"cus\, n. [NL. See {Proto-}, and
     {Coccus}.] (Bot.)
     A genus of minute unicellular alg[ae] including the red snow
     plant ({Protococcus nivalis}).
     [1913 Webster]