1. resembling or shaped like a coccus (a spherical bacterium)
Usage: technical; microbiology

Examples

• The coccoid bacteria were observed under the microscope.
• Staphylococcus aureus is a coccoid pathogen.
• The culture contained coccoid and rod-shaped cells.
• Coccoid organisms are typically gram-positive.
• The sample showed predominantly coccoid morphology.