"zooxanthella" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /zuːzanˈθɛlə/ [UK], /zəʊəzanˈθɛlə/ [UK] Audio: en-us-zooxanthella.ogg Forms: zooxanthellae [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛlə Etymology: From (deprecated) genus name Zooxanthella, from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”) + ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”) + -ella. Etymology templates: {{taxlink|Zooxanthella|genus}} Zooxanthella, {{uder|en|grc|ζῷον||animal}} Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”) Head templates: {{en-noun|zooxanthellae}} zooxanthella (plural zooxanthellae)
  1. (archaic) Any of the yellow pigmentary particles, or minute corpuscles of yellow coloring matter, found in certain radiolarians. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-zooxanthella-en-noun-yINSjG7O
  2. Any of various typically yellow-brown dinoflagellates (originally grouped as genus Zooxanthella) now assigned to the genera Symbiodinium and Amphidinium, notably found in coral reefs. Categories (lifeform): Alveolates
    Sense id: en-zooxanthella-en-noun-HBbXuLyU Disambiguation of Alveolates: 30 70 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: zooxanthellal, zooxanthellate

Inflected forms

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