Home › Words › C › coccoidcoccoidcoccoid · adj — spherical, shaped like a coccus.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom coccus + -oid.adjspherical, shaped like a coccuse.g.“( C ) Field emission SEM image of a coccoid bacterium on a 0.02-µm Anopore filter viewed at a magnification of ×150,000 in the decontaminated ice melt.” — 1999 December 10, “Microorganisms in the Accreted Ice of Lake Vostok, Antarctica”, in Science, volume 286, number 5447, →DOI, pages 2144–2147:nounSomething with a coccoid shape.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cocciform 81% match — Shaped like a coccus. vs coccoid →coccoidal 81% match — Characteristic of a coccus vs coccoid →coccic 73% match — Of or relating to a coccus vs coccoid →coccus 73% match — Any approximately spherical bacterium. vs coccoid →coccobacterium 70% match — One of various round variety of bacteria. vs coccoid →coccobacilliform 70% match — Characteristic of a coccobacillus vs coccoid →coccobacillus 69% match — Any bacteria with a shape intermediate between cocci (spherical) and bacilli (rod-shaped) vs coccoid →coccobacillary 68% match — Relating to, or caused by a coccobacillus vs coccoid →