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stramenopile

stramenopile noun: a heterokont of the clade (sometimes a superphylum) Stramenopiles.

Noun

stramenopile (plural stramenopiles)

  1. A heterokont of the clade (sometimes a superphylum) Stramenopiles.

Forms of stramenopile

pluralstramenopiles

Origin of stramenopile

Coined in 1989 by David J. Patterson, Latin stramen (“straw”) + pilus (“hair”), referring to an anterior flagellum with short hairlike extensions that forms during the life cycle of most members of the lineage.

Questions about stramenopile

What does stramenopile mean?
Stramenopile means a heterokont of the clade (sometimes a superphylum) Stramenopiles.
What part of speech is stramenopile?
Stramenopile is a noun.
What is the plural of stramenopile?
The plural of stramenopile is stramenopiles.

Words near stramenopile in the dictionary

  1. stramazon
  2. stramazons
  3. stramazoun
  4. stramazouns
  5. strambang
  6. stramenopile
  7. stramenopiles
  8. stramenopilic
  9. stramineous
  10. stramineously
  11. straminicolous

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