STAPHYLOCOCCUS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • spherical gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies
   • some cause boils or septicemia or infections
   Synonym(s)
   • staph (what does staph mean?)
   • staphylococci (what does staphylococci mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) staphylococcus is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • coccus (what does coccus mean?)
   • cocci (what does cocci mean?)