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<hw>Coc*cif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>coccum</ets> a berry + <ets>-ferous</ets>. See <er>Coccus</er>.]</ety> <def>Bearing or producing berries; bacciferous; <as>as, <ex>cocciferrous</ex> trees or plants</as>.</def>

<h1>Coccinella</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Coc`ci*nel"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>coccineus</ets> scarlet-colored. See <er>Cochoneal</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of small beetles of many species. They and their larv\'91 feed on aphids or plant lice, and hence are of great benefit to man. Also called <altname>ladybirds</altname> and <altname>ladybugs</altname>.</def>

<h1>Coccobacterium</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Coc`co*bac*te"ri*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Coccobacteria</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a grain + NL. <ets>bacterium</ets>. So called from its round shape.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>One of the round variety of bacteria, a vegetable organism, generally less than a thousandth of a millimeter in diameter.</def>

<h1>Coccolite</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Coc"co*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a grain, seed + <ets>-lite</ets>: cf. F. <ets>coccalite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A granular variety of pyroxene, green or white in color.</def>

<h1>Coccolith</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Coc"co*lith</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a grain, seed + <ets>-lith</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>One of a kind of minute, calcareous bodies, probably vegetable, often abundant in deep-sea mud.</def>

<h1>Coccosphere</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Coc"co*sphere</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a grain, seed + E. <ets>sphere</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A small, rounded, marine organism, capable of braking up into coccoliths.</def>

<h1>Coccosteus</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Coc*cos"te*us</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ grain, seed + <?/ bone.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>An extinct genus of Devonian ganoid fishes, having the broad plates about the head studded with berrylike tubercles.</def>

<h1>Cocculus Indicus</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Coc"cu*lus In"di*cus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>cocculus</ets> (dim. of L. <ets>coccum</ets> kermes berry) + L. <ets>Indicus</ets> of India.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The fruit or berry of the <i>Anamirta Cocculus</i>, a climbing plant of the East Indies. It is a poisonous narcotic and stimulant.</def>

<h1>Coccus</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Coc"cus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Cocci</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ grain, seed. See <er>Cochineal</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (<spn>Coccus cacti</spn>).</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule.</def>

<h1>Coccygeal</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Coc*cyg"e*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the coccyx; <as>as, the <ex>coccygeal</ex> vertebr\'91</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Coccygeal glands</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>, glands situated at the base of the tail of birds. They secrete the oil with which the plumage is dressed.</cd></cs>

<h1>Coccygeous</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Coc*cyg"e*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Coccygeal.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Coccyx</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Coc"cyx</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. L. <plw>Coccyges</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L., cuckoo, Gr. <?/, cuckoo, coccyx. So called from its resemblance to the beak of a cuckoo.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man and tailless monkeys. It is composed of several vertebr\'91 more or less consolidated.</def>

<h1>Cochineal</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Coch"i*neal</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <ety>[Sp. <ets>cochinilla</ets>, dim. from L. <ets>coccineus</ets>, <ets>coccinus</ets>, scarlet, fr. <ets>coccum</ets> the kermes berry, G. <?/ berry, especially the kermes insect, used to dye scarlet, as the cohineal was formerly supposed to be the grain or seed of a plant, and this word was formerly defined to be the grain of the <ets>Quercus coccifera</ets>; but cf. also Sp. <ets>cochinilla</ets> wood louse, dim. of <ets>cochina</ets> sow, akin to F. <ets>cochon</ets> pig.]</ety> <def>A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the <spn>Coccus cacti</spn>, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, etc., and found on several species of cactus, esp. <spn>Opuntia cochinellifera</spn>.</def>