zooxanthella
Meanings
noun
- Any of the yellow pigmentary particles, or minute corpuscles of yellow coloring matter, found in certain radiolarians.
- 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.
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Etymology
From (deprecated) genus name Zooxanthella, from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”) + ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”) + -ella.
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