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 

• GENUS VOLVOX (noun)

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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)