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GENUS VOLVOX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Volvox mean?
• GENUS VOLVOX (noun)
The noun GENUS VOLVOX has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Volvocaceae; minute pale green flagellates occurring in tiny spherical colonies; minute flagella rotate the colony about an axis
Familiarity information: GENUS VOLVOX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Volvocaceae; minute pale green flagellates occurring in tiny spherical colonies; minute flagella rotate the colony about an axis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Volvox; Volvox
Hypernyms ("genus Volvox" is a kind of...):
protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)
Holonyms ("genus Volvox" is a member of...):
family Volvocaceae; Volvocaceae (unicellular or colonial biflagellate free-swimming flagellates)
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