Cryptomonadidae

plural noun

Cryp·​to·​mo·​nad·​i·​dae

-nadəˌdē

: a large family (order Cryptomonadina) of chiefly freshwater and holophytic plantlike flagellates with the anterior end truncate and two anterior flagella see chilomonas

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Cryptomonad-, Cryptomonas, type genus + -idae

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