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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various yellow-brown photosynthetic dinoflagellates that live symbiotically within the cells of other organisms, especially certain corals and other marine invertebrates.
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- noun An animal of the genus Symbiodinium, a yellow
dinoflagellate , notably found incoral reefs . - noun dated Any golden-brown
planktonic endosymbiont .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin : zoo– + xanth(o)– + -ella, diminutive suff.]
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From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōon, "animal") + ξανθός (ksanthos, "yellow")
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