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volvox

Pronunciation: /ˈvɒlvɒks/
Definition of volvox

noun

Biology
  • a green single-celled aquatic organism which forms minute free-swimming spherical colonies.
    • Genus Volvox, division Chlorophyta (or phylum Chlorophyta, kingdom Protista)

Origin:

modern Latin, from Latin volvere 'to roll'

volvox in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of volvox in the US English dictionary