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Volvocaceae — noun unicellular or colonial biflagellate free swimming flagellates • Syn: ↑family Volvocaceae • Hypernyms: ↑protoctist family • Member Holonyms: ↑Volvocales, ↑order Volvocales • Member Meron … Useful english dictionary
Volvocaceae — Taxobox name = Volvocaceae image caption = Gonium pectorale image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Chlorophyta classis = Chlorophyceae ordo = Volvocales familia = Volvocaceae subdivision ranks = Genera subdivision = Pandorina Eudorina… … Wikipedia
protoctist family — noun any of the families of Protoctista • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Globigerinidae, ↑family Globigerinidae, ↑Nummulitidae, ↑family Nummulitidae, ↑Arcellidae, ↑fami … Useful english dictionary
Volvocales — noun chiefly freshwater green algae; solitary or colonial • Syn: ↑order Volvocales • Hypernyms: ↑protoctist order • Member Holonyms: ↑Chlorophyceae, ↑class Chlorophyceae • Memb … Useful english dictionary
genus Volvox — noun type genus of the Volvocaceae; minute pale green flagellates occurring in tiny spherical colonies; minute flagella rotate the colony about an axis • Syn: ↑Volvox • Hypernyms: ↑protoctist genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Volvocaceae, ↑family… … Useful english dictionary
Volvox — noun type genus of the Volvocaceae; minute pale green flagellates occurring in tiny spherical colonies; minute flagella rotate the colony about an axis • Syn: ↑genus Volvox • Hypernyms: ↑protoctist genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Volvocaceae, ↑family… … Useful english dictionary
order Volvocales — noun chiefly freshwater green algae; solitary or colonial • Syn: ↑Volvocales • Hypernyms: ↑protoctist order • Member Holonyms: ↑Chlorophyceae, ↑class Chlorophyceae • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
volvox — [väl′väks΄] n. [ModL < L volvere, to roll (see WALK) + ox (as in atrox, fierce)] any of a genus (Volvox, family Volvocaceae) of multicellular, free swimming, flagellated green algae whose cells form a pale green globular colony that rolls… … English World dictionary
volvocidae — välˈväsəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Volvoc , Volvox, type genus + idae : a family of flagellates (order Phytomonadina) more or less equivalent to the Volvocaceae … Useful english dictionary
