coc|co|sphere

coc|co|sphere
coc|co|sphere «KOK uh sfihr», noun.
1. a spheroidal mass of coccoliths; skeleton of a coccolithophore.
2. a living coccolithophore.
[< Greek kókkos grain + sphaîra globe]

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