volvocaceae

English Thesaurus

1. unicellular or colonial biflagellate free-swimming flagellates (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	protoctist family,
definition	:	any of the families of Protoctista (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus volvox, volvox,
definition	:	type genus of the Volvocaceae; minute pale green flagellates occurring in tiny spherical colonies; minute flagella rotate the colony about an axis (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	order volvocales, volvocales,
definition	:	chiefly freshwater green algae; solitary or colonial (noun.animal)