opisthokont
Meanings
noun
- Any of very many eukaryotes, including animals and fungi, whose flagellate cells (if any) propel themselves with a single posterior flagellum.
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Etymology
From opistho- + -kont (“flagellate”) from Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós, “pole”).
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