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vol·vox
(vŏl′vŏks′, vôl′-)n.
Any of various one-celled flagellate freshwater green algae of the genus Volvox that form hollow mucilaginous spherical colonies of several hundred cells.
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volvox
(ˈvɒlvɒks)n
(Microbiology) any freshwater flagellate protozoan of the genus Volvox, occurring in colonies in the form of hollow multicellular spheres
[C18: from New Latin, from Latin volvere to roll]
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vol•vox
(ˈvɒl vɒks)n.
any colonial freshwater green algae of the genus Volvox, forming a hollow sphere of flagellated cells.
[1790–1800; < New Latin, = Latin volv(ere) to turn, roll + -ōx (as in ferōx)]
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| Noun | 1. |  Volvox - type genus of the Volvocaceae; minute pale green flagellates occurring in tiny spherical colonies; minute flagella rotate the colony about an axisprotoctist genus - any genus of Protoctista family Volvocaceae, Volvocaceae - unicellular or colonial biflagellate free-swimming flagellates |
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