DIPLOCOCCUS - Definition

Pronunciation:		`diplu'kâkus
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs

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	See Also:	bacteria, bacterium, Diplococcus pneumoniae, genus Diplococcus, pneumococcus

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Dip`lo*coc"cus\, n.; pl. {Diplococci}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? twofold + ? grain, seed.] (Biol.) A form of micrococcus in which cocci are united in a binary manner. See {Micrococcus}.

Biology Dictionary

	Definition:	A pair of cocci.