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VOLVOCACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Unicellular or colonial biflagellate free-swimming flagellates

Synonyms:

family Volvocaceae; Volvocaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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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