| zoochlorella | <zoology> One of the small green granulelike bodies found in the interior of certain stentors, hydras, and other invertebrates. Origin: NL, dim. From Gr. Zoon = an animal + green. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| zoochlorellae | <organism> Intracellular symbiotic algae usually of the genus Chlorella found in some lamellibranchs, protozoans, flatworms sponges and corals etc. (18 Nov 1997) |