Etymology

coccosphere

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Today it means: A small rounded marine organism, capable of breaking up into coccoliths. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κόκκος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκόκκος“a grain, seed”
  2. English todaycoccosphere

Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “a grain, seed”) + -sphere.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκόκκος all →

rhodococcuscoccobacteriumcoccolitecoccolithcoccolithophoretorgoch

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