VOLVOX

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Volvocaceae; minute pale green flagellates occurring in tiny spherical colonies; minute flagella rotate the colony about an axis

Synonyms:

genus Volvox; Volvox

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Volvox" is a kind of...):

protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)

Holonyms ("Volvox" is a member of...):

family Volvocaceae; Volvocaceae (unicellular or colonial biflagellate free-swimming flagellates)

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