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dip·lo·coc·cus

n :  any of various encapsulated bacteria (as the pneumococcus) that usu. occur in pairs and that were formerly grouped in a single taxon (genus Diplococcus) but are now all assigned to other genera dip*lo*coc*cal adj 
 
 

 
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