Definition of Uroglena
:a genus of colonial plantlike flagellates (order Chrysomonadina) with numerous biflagellate individuals united in a spherical colony by gelatinous strands
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Uroglena
noun
Uro·gle·na
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ˌyu̇rəˈglēnə
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Origin and Etymology of uroglena
New Latin, from 2ur- + Greek glēnē socket of a joint
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