English Explanatory Dictionary

thraustochytrid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any protist in the order Thraustochytriales (syn. Thraustochytrida), that produce a network of filaments or tubes, on which the cells move and from which they absorb nutrients.

Word forms

thraustochytrid thraustochytrids

Etymology

From the ICZN name, Thraustochytrida.

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