volvox

American  

[vol-voks] / ˈvɒl vɒks /

noun

1. any colonial, freshwater green algae of the genus Volvox, forming a hollow, greenish sphere of flagellated cells.

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volvox British  

/ ˈvɒlvɒks /

noun

1. any freshwater flagellate protozoan of the genus Volvox, occurring in colonies in the form of hollow multicellular spheres

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Etymology

Origin of volvox

1790–1800; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin volv ( ere ) to turn, roll + -ōx (as in ferōx )

Example Sentences

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volvox

But in volvox division of labor and differentiation of structure have taken place.

From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by Tyler, John Mason

The simplest form of all exemplifies spherical symmetry, and is that which we have seen in the truffle, the radiolarian, the volvox, Myxastrum and Magosphæra.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various

It corresponds in structure with the fully developed volvox, except, of course, in lacking reproductive cells.

From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by Tyler, John Mason

Man is the most composite of all creatures: the wheel-insect, volvox globator, is at the other extreme.

From Representative Men by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

In explaining the facts of reproduction, I would therefore suggest that you should begin with the lowest rung of the ladder, the simplest organisms, such as the amoeba or the volvox.

From The Power of Womanhood, or Mothers and Sons A Book For Parents, And Those In Loco Parentis by Hopkins, Ellice