stramenopile

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Etymology[edit]

Coined in 1989 by David J. Patterson, Latin stramen (straw) + pilus (hair), referring to an anterior flagellum with short hairlike extensions that forms during the life cycle of most members of the lineage.

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stramenopile (plural stramenopiles)

  1. A heterokont of the clade (sometimes a superphylum) Stramenopiles.

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