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