gymnodinium

American  

[jim-nuh-din-ee-uhm] / ˌdʒɪm nəˈdɪn i əm /

noun

gymnodinia plural

1. any marine or freshwater dinoflagellate of the genus Gymnodinium, certain species of which cause red tide.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• gymnodinia
  plural

Etymology

Origin of gymnodinium

< New Latin, equivalent to gymno- gymno- + Greek dī́n ( ein ) to whirl + New Latin -ium -ium

Example Sentences

Dr. F. G. Walton Smith, director of the University of Miami's Marine Laboratory, was sure it was a sudden multiplication of a new species of tiny, one-celled organisms called gymnodinium.

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