Volvox

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various freshwater green algae of the genus Volvox that form hollow spherical multicellular colonies.
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  • n. Any of the genus Volvox of chlorophytes.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A small genus of fresh-water algæ, of the order Volrocineæ and class Cœnobieæ.
  • n. [lowercase] A member of the above genus: as, the globate volvox.
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  • n. type genus of the Volvocaceae; minute pale green flagellates occurring in tiny spherical colonies; minute flagella rotate the colony about an axis
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    globe animalcule   
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