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metamonad

metamonad noun: any of a large group of flagellate amitochondriate protozoa, including the retortamonads and diplomonads and possibly also the parabasalids and oxymonads.

Noun

metamonad (plural metamonads)

  1. Any of a large group of flagellate amitochondriate protozoa, including the retortamonads and diplomonads and possibly also the parabasalids and oxymonads.

Forms of metamonad

pluralmetamonads

Origin of metamonad

From meta- + monad.

Questions about metamonad

What does metamonad mean?
Metamonad means any of a large group of flagellate amitochondriate protozoa, including the retortamonads and diplomonads and possibly also the parabasalids and oxymonads.
What part of speech is metamonad?
Metamonad is a noun.
What is the plural of metamonad?
The plural of metamonad is metamonads.

Words near metamonad in the dictionary

  1. metamodulatory
  2. metamolecule
  3. metamolecules
  4. metamolybdate
  5. metamolybdates
  6. metamonad
  7. metamonads
  8. metamontmorillonite
  9. metamorph
  10. metamorphed
  11. metamorphic

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