Ectocarpus

noun

Ec·​to·​car·​pus

: the type genus of Ectocarpaceae containing numerous more or less branched filamentous brown algae that are especially abundant in cold seas and are sometimes considered the most primitive of living brown algae

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from ect- + -carpus

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