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ALL meanings of zooxanthella

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  • noun zooxanthella A yellowish-brown symbiotic dinoflagellate present in large numbers in the cytoplasm of many marine invertebrates. 1
  • noun plural zooxanthella any of various symbiotic yellow-green or yellow–brown algae in the cytoplasm of certain radiolarians and marine invertebrates. 1
  • noun zooxanthella An animal of the genus Symbiodinium, a yellow dinoflagellate, notably found in coral reefs. 0
  • noun zooxanthella (dated) Any golden-brown planktonic endosymbiont. 0
  • noun zooxanthella any of several yellow-green algae that inhabit other organisms such as marine invertebrates 0
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