noun
- a spherical freshwater green alga that forms hollow colonies and moves by means of flagella
Usage: biology
Examples
- The biology students observed volvox colonies under the microscope.
- Volvox is often studied as an example of colonial organization in algae.
- Each volvox colony contains hundreds of individual cells.
- The green spherical volvox rolled through the pond water.
- Volvox colonies can reproduce both sexually and asexually.
- Scientists use volvox to study the evolution of multicellularity.