Definition of Pandorina
:a genus of plantlike flagellates closely related to Volvox that form a small spherical colony of sixteen cells enclosed in a delicate gelatinous envelope through which the flagella project
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Pandorina
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Pan·do·ri·na
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ˌpandəˈrīnə
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Origin and Etymology of pandorina
New Latin, probably from Pandora, genus of mollusks + -ina
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