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VOLVOCALES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chiefly freshwater green algae; solitary or colonial
Synonyms:
order Volvocales; Volvocales
Classified under:
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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