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ORDER VOLVOCALES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Volvocales mean? 

ORDER VOLVOCALES (noun)
  The noun ORDER VOLVOCALES has 1 sense:

1. chiefly freshwater green algae; solitary or colonialplay

  Familiarity information: ORDER VOLVOCALES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ORDER VOLVOCALES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Chiefly freshwater green algae; solitary or colonial

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Volvocales; Volvocales

Hypernyms ("order Volvocales" is a kind of...):

protoctist order (the order of protoctists)

Meronyms (members of "order Volvocales"):

family Volvocaceae; Volvocaceae (unicellular or colonial biflagellate free-swimming flagellates)

Chlamydomonadaceae; family Chlamydomonadaceae (green algae some of which are colored red by hematochrome)

Holonyms ("order Volvocales" is a member of...):

Chlorophyceae; class Chlorophyceae (algae distinguished chiefly by having flagella and a clear green color, their chlorophyll being masked little if at all by other pigments)


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