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haptonema

haptonema noun: in haptophytes, a peg-like organelle attached near the flagella and unique to the group. May function in attachment, feeding, or avoidance responses.

Noun

haptonema (plural haptonemas or haptonemata)

  1. In haptophytes, a peg-like organelle attached near the flagella and unique to the group. May function in attachment, feeding, or avoidance responses.

Forms of haptonema

pluralhaptonemas
pluralhaptonemata

Origin of haptonema

From hapto- + -nema.

Questions about haptonema

What does haptonema mean?
Haptonema means in haptophytes, a peg-like organelle attached near the flagella and unique to the group. May function in attachment, feeding, or avoidance responses.
What part of speech is haptonema?
Haptonema is a noun.
What is the plural of haptonema?
The plural of haptonema is haptonemas.

Words near haptonema in the dictionary

  1. haptomonad
  2. haptomonads
  3. Hapton
  4. haptonastic
  5. haptonasty
  6. haptonema
  7. haptonemas
  8. haptonemata
  9. haptonomy
  10. haptophore
  11. haptophores

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