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Word: Zooxanthella
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: modern Latin, from zoo- ‘of animals’ + Greek xanthos ‘yellow’ + the diminutive suffix -ella
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌzuː(ə)zanˈθɛlə
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌzəʊəzanˈθɛlə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a yellowish-brown symbiotic dinoflagellate present in large numbers in the cytoplasm of many marine invertebrates.
Short Definition:yellowish-brown symbiotic dinoflagellate present in large numbers in cytoplasm of many marine invertebrates
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