Spondylomorum

noun

Spon·​dy·​lo·​mo·​rum

ˌspändəlōˈmōrəm

: 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

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from spondyl- + Latin morum mulberry

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