Volvox

[vɔlvɔks]

Definition

(noun.) type genus of the Volvocaceae; minute pale green flagellates occurring in tiny spherical colonies; minute flagella rotate the colony about an axis.

Editor: Whitney--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A genus of minute, pale-green, globular, organisms, about one fiftieth of an inch in diameter, found rolling through water, the motion being produced by minute colorless cilia. It has been considered as belonging to the flagellate Infusoria, but is now referred to the vegetable kingdom, and each globule is considered a colony of many individuals. The commonest species is Volvox globator, often called globe animalcule.

Typed by Carlyle

Definition

n. a genus of simple organisms found in ponds canals &c. being fresh-water alg? consisting of green flagellate cells united by protoplasmic bridges in a hollow spherical colony.

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