zooxanthella
[,zoəkzæn'θɛlɚ]
- n. 动物黄藻；虫黄藻
英文词源
- zooxanthella (n.)
- plural zooxanthellae, yellow pigmentary particles found in nature, 1889, from German (Brandt, 1881), from comb. form of Greek zoion "animal" (see zoo-) + xantho- "yellow" (see xantho-) + Latin suffix -ella.
