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Noun: genus Volvox
  1. Type genus of the Volvocaceae; minute pale green flagellates occurring in tiny spherical colonies; minute flagella rotate the colony about an axis
    - Volvox

Type of: protoctist genus

Part of: family Volvocaceae, Volvocaceae