volvox

vol·vox  (vlvks, vôl-)

n.

Any of various freshwater green algae of the genus Volvox that form hollow spherical multicellular colonies.

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[New Latin Volvox, genus name, from Latin volvere, to roll; see wel-² in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Volvox - type genus of the Volvocaceae; minute pale green flagellates occurring in tiny spherical colonies; minute flagella rotate the colony about an axis genus Volvox protoctist genus - any genus of Protoctista family Volvocaceae, Volvocaceae - unicellular or colonial biflagellate free-swimming flagellates