true bacteria vs coccobacillus

coccobacillus vs true bacteria

true bacteria and coccobacillus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
true bacteria	Yes	No	No	No
coccobacillus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, coccobacillus is a hyponym of true bacteria; that is, coccobacillus is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than true bacteria:

true bacteria: a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
coccobacillus: a bacterial cell intermediate in morphology between a coccus and a bacillus; a very short bacillus

Other hyponyms of true bacteria include B, bacillus, cocci, coccus, spirilla, spirillum, clostridia, clostridium, botulinum, botulinus, Clostridium botulinum, clostridium perfringens, blue-green algae, cyanobacteria, phototrophic bacteria, phototropic bacteria, pseudomonad, xanthomonad, nitric bacteria, nitrobacteria, nitrosobacteria, nitrous bacteria, thiobacillus, spirillum, vibrio, vibrion, corynebacterium, listeria, enteric bacteria, enterics, enterobacteria, entric, endospore-forming bacteria, rickettsia, chlamydia, mycoplasma, actinomycete, actinomyces, mycobacteria, mycobacterium, gliding bacteria, myxobacter, myxobacteria, myxobacterium, slime bacteria, lactobacillus, strep, streptococci, streptococcus, spirochaete, spirochete.

true bacteria (noun)	coccobacillus (noun)
a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella	a bacterial cell intermediate in morphology between a coccus and a bacillus; a very short bacillus

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