Dictionary entry

Diplococcus

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Dip′lo‐coc″cus (?), n.; pl.Diplococci (#). [NL., fr. Gr. διπλόοσ twofold + κόκκοσ grain, seed.] (Biol.) A form of micrococcus in which cocci are united in a binary manner. See Micrococcus.