HyperDic: genus_volvox

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Volvox:
NOUNanimalgenus Volvox, Volvoxtype genus of the Volvocaceae
English > genus Volvox: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningtype genus of the Volvocaceae; minute pale green flagellates occurring in tiny spherical colonies; minute flagella rotate the colony about an axis.
SynonymVolvox
Member ofVolvocaceae, family Volvocaceaeunicellular or colonial biflagellate free-swimming flagellates
Broaderprotoctist genusAny genus of Protoctista
Spanishgenus volvox, volvox
Catalangenus volvox, volvox, Volvox

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