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单词 volvox
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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.
[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)]
Thesaurus
Noun1.volvox - type genus of the VolvocaceaeVolvox - 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

Volvox


Volvox

 

a genus of mobile colonial Chlorophyta (green algae) living in stagnant fresh waters. In the USSR there are four species. Volvox has the shape of a sphere measuring up to 3 mm in diameter; on the periphery of the sphere there is a single layer of from 200 to 50,000 cells, which are connected by protoplasmic threads: the cavity is filled with a liquid mucus. Two flagella extend outward from each cell; their movement propels the organism. A few larger cells serve for asexual and sexual reproduction; the sexual process is oogamy.

volvox


Volvox

(vol'voks), A genus of highly organized colonial green flagellates of the class Phytomastigophorea. [L. volvo, to roll]

volvox

(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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Volvox


  • noun

Synonyms for Volvox

noun type genus of the Volvocaceae

Synonyms

  • genus Volvox

Related Words

  • protoctist genus
  • family Volvocaceae
  • Volvocaceae
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