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choanoflagellates

choanoflagellates is the plural of choanoflagellate.

Meaning of choanoflagellate

Noun

choanoflagellate (plural choanoflagellates)

  1. Any of a group of flagellate protozoa, of the class Choanoflagellatea, thought to be the closest unicellular ancestors of animals.
    • Choanoflagellates are plankton: tiny protozoans that feed on even tinier bacteria.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 30
    Synonyms:
    craspedophyte

Questions about choanoflagellates

What is choanoflagellates the plural of?
Choanoflagellates is the plural of choanoflagellate.

Words near choanoflagellates in the dictionary

  1. choanocytic
  2. choanoderm
  3. choanodermal
  4. choanoderms
  5. choanoflagellate
  6. choanoflagellates
  7. choanoflagellid
  8. choanoflagellids
  9. choanoid
  10. choanomastigote
  11. choanomastigotes

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