Heterokontae

Heterokontae
noun
all the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length
• Hypernyms: ↑class
• Member Holonyms: ↑Chrysophyta, ↑division Chrysophyta

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\\ˌhed.ərōˈkän.ˌtē\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from heter- + -kontae (from Greek kontos punting pole, from kentein to prick, goad); from the unequal length of the flagella — more at center
in some classifications : a class of algae equivalent to Xanthophyceae that includes all the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length — compare isokontae

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