cryptomonad

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(krip tom′ə nad′)


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cryp•tom•o•nad  (krip tom′ə nad′),USA pronunciation n. [Biol.]
  1. Microbiologyany of various protozoalike algae of the phylum Cryptophyta usually having two flagella, common in both marine and freshwater environments where they appear along the shore as algal blooms, some also occurring as intestinal parasites. Also called cryptophyte. 
  • Neo-Latin Cryptomonad-, stem of Cryptomonas, a typical genus; see crypto-, monad

'cryptomonad' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
cryptophyte

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