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Spon·dy·lo·mo·rum | \ ˌspändəlōˈmōrəm \
Definition of Spondylomorum
: a genus of colonial flagellates related to Volvox, having cells with four flagella, two contractile vacuoles, and a cup-shaped chromoplast, forming a 16-celled colony, and sometimes causing a contamination of water supplies
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