isokontae

\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈkän.ˌtē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from is- + -kontae (from Greek kontos punting pole, from kentein to prick, goad); from the equal length of the flagella — more at center

in some classifications : a class of green algae comprising forms without motile stages or with flagella of equal length and including most of those now usually placed in Chlorophyceae — compare heterokontae

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Isokontae /ī-sō-konˈtē/

plural noun

The green algae, whose zoospores usu have equal cilia

ORIGIN: ↑iso- and Gr kontos a (punting) pole

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iˈsokont noun

isokontˈan adjective and noun