-ota

1 of 2

plural noun suffix

: organisms having the features specified or represented by the type organism specified

—in the names of phyla or other higher taxa

Chytridiomycota

Eukaryota

OTA

2 of 2

abbreviation

Office of Technology Assessment

Word History

Etymology

Plural noun suffix

New Latin, plural of -otum, borrowed from Greek -ōton, from -ō-, verbal formative (as in -ōsis -osis) + -tos, adjective suffix