vol·vox (v l vks , vôl-)n. Any of various freshwater green algae of the genus Volvox that form hollow spherical multicellular colonies. [New Latin Volvox, genus name, from Latin volvere, to roll; see wel-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
volvox [ˈvɒlvɒks]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) any freshwater flagellate protozoan of the genus Volvox, occurring in colonies in the form of hollow multicellular spheres
[from New Latin, from Latin volvere to roll]
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| Noun | 1. |  Volvox - type genus of the Volvocaceae; minute pale green flagellates occurring in tiny spherical colonies; minute flagella rotate the colony about an axisprotoctist genus - any genus of Protoctista family Volvocaceae, Volvocaceae - unicellular or colonial biflagellate free-swimming flagellates |
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