zooxanthella
/ˌzəʊəʊzænˈθelə/noun
(pl. zooxanthellae /-liː/)
- Biology a yellowish-brown symbiotic dinoflagellate present in large numbers in the cytoplasm of many marine invertebrates【生】动物黄藻, 虫黄藻。
派生词
zooxanthellate
adjective词源
late 19th cent.: modern Latin， from zoo- 'of animals' + Greek xanthos 'yellow' + the diminutive suffix -ella.