Volvox Definition

vŏlvŏks, vôl-
noun
Any of a genus (Volvox, family Volvocaceae) of multicellular, free-swimming, flagellated green algae whose cells form a pale-green globular colony that rolls about in the water.
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Synonyms:
  • genus Volvox
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Volvocaceae "” certain freshwater chlorophytes that form spherical colonies of up to 50,000 cells; found in ponds and ditches.

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Noun

Singular:
volvox
Plural:
volvoxes

Origin of Volvox

  • New Latin Volvox genus name from Latin volvere to roll wel-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • New Latin, from Latin volvō (“roll").

    From Wiktionary

  • From the genus name.

    From Wiktionary

Volvox Sentence Examples

  • In the Algae, such as Fucus, Volvox, Oedogonium, Bulbochaete, and in the Fungus Monoblepharis, the spermatozoid is a small oval or elongate cell containing nucleus, cytoplasm and sometimes plastids.

  • Volvox sp., surface view of a single cell showing connexions.

  • It is only in such cases as Volvox and network.

  • Thus among Volvocaceae, a family of Protococcales, while in some of the genera (Chloraster, Sphondylomorum) no sexual union has as yet been observed, in others (Pandorina, Chlorogonium, Stephanosphaera, Sphaerella) conjugation of similar gametes takes place, in others still (Phacotus, Eudorina, Volvox) the union is of the nature of fertilization.

  • Cellulose, the material of which vegetable cell-walls are almost universally composed, at any rate in their early condition, is known to occur, though only seldom, among animal organisms. Such forms as Volvox and the group of the Myxomycetes have been continually referred to both kingdoms, and their true systematic position is still a subject of controversy.

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