Uroglena

noun

Uro·​gle·​na

ˌyu̇rəˈglēnə

: a genus of colonial plantlike flagellates (order Chrysomonadina) with numerous biflagellate individuals united in a spherical colony by gelatinous strands

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from ur- entry 2 + Greek glēnē socket of a joint

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