Definition of "volvox" []

• Any of various freshwater green algae of the genus Volvox that form hollow spherical multicellular colonies. (noun)

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• "And again, I don't want to talk about consciousness, I want to talk about it just as if it was a little bacteria, or a volvox, which is what that organism is."
• "Man is the most composite of all creatures; the wheel-insect, volvox globator, is at the other extreme."
• "Another example of conjugation is that of Pandorina, an alga allied to the well-known volvox."