English Explanatory Dictionary

haptonema

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

haptonema haptonemas haptonemata

Etymology

From hapto- + -nema.

Related words

Haptophyta haptophyte
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