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VOLVOCALES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Chiefly freshwater green algae; solitary or colonial

Synonyms:

order Volvocales; Volvocales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Volvocales" is a kind of...):

protoctist order (the order of protoctists)

Meronyms (members of "Volvocales"):

family Volvocaceae; Volvocaceae (unicellular or colonial biflagellate free-swimming flagellates)

Chlamydomonadaceae; family Chlamydomonadaceae (green algae some of which are colored red by hematochrome)

Holonyms ("Volvocales" is a member of...):

Chlorophyceae; class Chlorophyceae (algae distinguished chiefly by having flagella and a clear green color, their chlorophyll being masked little if at all by other pigments)

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