euglena
/yoo-glee-nuh/US // yuˈgli nə //UK // (juːˈɡliːnə) //
戊子年,戊午年,戊戌年,戊戌变法
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a genus of green freshwater protozoans having a reddish eyespot and a single flagellum, found especially in stagnant waters.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
The principal species are the Euglena viridis and the Euglena pyrum.
In this way Engelmann was able to determine the evolution of oxygen by Euglena and by chlorophyl granules.
Among unicellular green alg, Chlamydomonas, has its maximal efficiency in the yellowish-green and Euglena in the blue.
Now, so far as we know, there is no natural limit to the existence of the Euglena, or of any other living germ.
Furthermore, the Euglena will increase in size; but this increase is by no means unlimited, as the increase of a crystal might be.
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