Coccoid

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Coccoid means shaped like or resembling a coccus, that is, spherical.
The noun coccoid or coccoids may refer to:

• Coccus, plural "cocci", any bacterium that has a spherical, ovoid, or a generally round shape
• the superfamily Coccoidea of scale insects
  • the Coccidae family within the Coccoidea
• the coccoid green algae, formerly the Chlorococcales, now in several orders within the division Chlorophyta
• certain dinoflagellates with a coccoid form, notably the Symbiodinium

See also

• Coccolite, a form of the mineral diopside
• Coccolithophore, a class of phytoplankton (alga)
• Coccolith, a platelet formed by coccolithophore, found in chalk