English Explanatory Dictionary

labyrinthulid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any protist in the order Labyrinthulales (syn. Labyrinthulida), the slime nets, which produce a network of filaments or tubes inside of which the cells move and from which they obtain nutrients.

Word forms

labyrinthulid labyrinthulids

Etymology

From the ICZN order name Labyrinthulida.

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