VOLVOX

Meaning of VOLVOX in English

[ 'vɒlvɒks ]

■ noun Biology a green single-celled aquatic organism which forms minute free-swimming spherical colonies. [Genus Volvox .]

Origin

mod. L., from L. volvere 'to roll'.

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VOLVOX — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin volvere to roll Date: 1798 any of a genus ( Volvox ) of flagellated …
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VOLVOX — ˈvälˌväks noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin volvere to roll — more at voluble : a genus of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VOLVOX — (n.) A genus of minute, pale-green, globular, organisms, about one fiftieth of an inch in diameter, found rolling through water, …
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VOLVOX — ( n. ) A genus of minute, pale-green, globular, organisms, about one fiftieth of an inch in diameter, found rolling …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VOLVOX — /vol"voks/ , n. any colonial, freshwater green algae of the genus Volvox, forming a hollow, greenish sphere of flagellated cells. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VOLVOX — n. freshwater green algae that forms hollow spheres of multicellular communities
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VOLVOX — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin volvere to roll Date: 1798 : any of a genus ( Volvox ) of …
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VOLVOX — noun a genus of minute, pale-green, globular, organisms, about one fiftieth of an inch in diameter, found rolling through water, …
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VOLVOX — [vol.vox] n [NL, fr. L volvere to roll] (1798): any of a genus (Volvox) of flagellated unicellular green algae that …
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VOLVOX — a freshwater, chlorophyll-containing organism that lives in colonies; it is assigned by zoologists to the flagellate protozoan order Volvocida and …
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VOLVOX — volvox BrE AmE ˈvɒlv ɒks AmE \ ˈvɑːlv ɑːks
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VOLVOX — вольвокс
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VOLVOX — вольвокс
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VOLVOX — вольвокс
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VOLVOX — вольвокс
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VOLVOX — вольвокс
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VOLVOX — n. Pronunciation: - ˌ väks Function: noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin volvere to roll Date: 1798 : any of …
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GONIDIUM — noun (plural gonidia) Etymology: New Latin, from gon- + -idium Date: 1882 an asexual reproductive cell or group of cells …
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GONIUM — I. ˈgōnēəm noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek gōnia angle, corner — more at -gon : a genus …
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COLONIAL — I. kəˈlōnyəl, -nēəl adjective Etymology: French, from colonie colony (from Old French) + -al — more at colony 1. a. …
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VOLVOCIDAE — välˈväsəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Volvoc-, Volvox, type genus + -idae : a family of flagellates …
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VOLVOCALES — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈkā(ˌ)lēz noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Volvoc-, Volvox + -ales : an order of chiefly freshwater green …
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VOLVOCACEAE — ˌvälvəˈkāsēˌē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Volvoc-, Volvox, type genus + -aceae : a family of unicellular …
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SPONDYLOMORUM — ˌspändəlōˈmōrəm noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from spondyl- + Latin morum mulberry — more at mulberry : a genus …
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PROTOZOA — ˌprōd.əˈzōə, -ōtə- noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from prot- + -zoa : a phylum or subkingdom of animals …
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PHYTOMONADINA — ˌfīd.(ˌ)ōˌmänəˈdīnə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Phytomonad-, Phytomonas (genus of flagellates) + -ina : an order of …
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PHIALOPORE — ˈfīəlōˌpō(ə)r noun Etymology: Greek phialo- (from phialē bowl) + English -pore : the aperture through which the hollow asexual daughter …
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PARTHENOGONIDIUM — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷nō+ noun Etymology: New Latin, from parthen- + gonidium : an individual or gonidium (as in members of the genus …
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PANDORINA — ˌpandəˈrīnə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, probably from Pandora, genus of mollusks + -ina : a genus of plantlike …
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LAEOTROPIC — |lēə.|träpik adjective or lae·ot·ro·pous lēˈä.trəpəs ; or lei·o·trop·ic |līə.|träpik Etymology: laeotropic or laeotropous from Greek laios left + English -tropic …
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GYNOGONIDIUM — | ̷ ̷nō+ — see gyn- noun ( plural gynogonidia ) Etymology: New Latin, from gyn- + gonidium : a female germ …
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VOLVOCID — any rounded, plantlike protozoan of the phytoflagellate order Volvocida. Common in fresh water, volvocids often colour ponds and ditches green. …
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