Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zooxanthella

/zuːzanˈθɛlə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zoox-an-thel-la
IPA: /zuːzanˈθɛlə/

31

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the yellow pigmentary particles, or minute corpuscles of yellow coloring matter, found in certain radiolarians.

Archaic

noun

Any of various typically yellow-brown dinoflagellates (originally grouped as genus Zooxanthella) now assigned to the genera Symbiodinium and Amphidinium, notably found in coral reefs.

Example Sentences

"One genus, the zooxanthellae, live in symbiosis with tropical corals and other animals including clams, jellyfish and nudibranchs, providing in some cases as much as 90 per cent of the nutrients the anima needs in return for a safe home."
"The zooxanthellae produce carbohydrates, via photosynthesis, and the polyps harvest these carbohydrates, much as farmers harvest corn."

Etymology

From (deprecated) genus name Zooxanthella, from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”) + ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”) + -ella.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /zuːzanˈθɛlə/

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

zooxanthellae (plural)

Derived Forms

zooxanthellal zooxanthellan zooxanthellar zooxanthellate

Rhymes With

venezuela umbrella vanilla bella stella ella fella cinderella hella coachella mozzarella salmonella

Questions

How do you pronounce zooxanthella?: The recorded pronunciation is /zuːzanˈθɛlə/.
What does zooxanthella mean?: Any of the yellow pigmentary particles, or minute corpuscles of yellow coloring matter, found in certain radiolarians.
Where does zooxanthella come from?: From (deprecated) genus name Zooxanthella, from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”) + ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”) + -ella.

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