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haptonemas

haptonemas is the plural of haptonema.

Meaning of haptonema

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.

Questions about haptonemas

What is haptonemas the plural of?
Haptonemas is the plural of haptonema.

Words near haptonemas in the dictionary

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

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