zooxanthella

• 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.