stephanokont
stephanokont adjective: having a subapical ring of short flagella that are uniform in length.
Adjective
stephanokont (not comparable)
- Having a subapical ring of short flagella that are uniform in length.
- Although Feldmann (1950) believed the stephanokont zoospores were meiospores and would give rise to the Halicystis stage, just as Kornmann had already shown in Derbesia marina, he also considered it probable that at times the zoosporangia might produce mitospores which could give rise directly to...1966, Robert Francis Scagel, Marine Algae of British Columbia and Northern Washington, page 111
- Both macandrous and nannandrous species produce stephanokont sperm in specially differentiated segments of the filament called antheridia.1984, Hayden N. Pritchard, Patricia T. Bradt, Biology of nonvascular plants, page 91
Noun
stephanokont (plural stephanokonts)
- An organelle that is stephanokont.
Forms of stephanokont
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Origin of stephanokont
From stephano- (“wreath”) + -kont (“flagellate”) from Ancient Greek στέφανος (stéphanos, “wreath”) and Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós, “pole”) respectively.
Words formed from stephanokont
Questions about stephanokont
- What does stephanokont mean?
- Stephanokont means having a subapical ring of short flagella that are uniform in length.
- What part of speech is stephanokont?
- Stephanokont can be an adjective or a noun.
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