true bacteria vs coccus

coccus vs true bacteria

true bacteria and coccus both are nouns.

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

As nouns, coccus is a hyponym of true bacteria; that is, coccus 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
coccus: any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria

Other hyponyms of true bacteria include B, bacillus, cocci, coccobacillus, 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)	coccus (noun)
a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella	any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria

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