volvox

vol·vox

V0145600 (vŏl′vŏks′, vôl′-)n. Any of various one-celled flagellate freshwater green algae of the genus Volvox that form hollow mucilaginous spherical colonies of several hundred cells.

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

volvox

(ˈvɒlvɒks) n (Microbiology) any freshwater flagellate protozoan of the genus Volvox, occurring in colonies in the form of hollow multicellular spheres[C18: from New Latin, from Latin volvere to roll]

vol•vox

(ˈvɒl vɒks)

n. any colonial freshwater green algae of the genus Volvox, forming a hollow sphere of flagellated cells. [1790–1800; < New Latin, = Latin volv(ere) to turn, roll + -ōx (as in ferōx)]

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