Ectocarpaceae
plural noun
Ec·to·car·pa·ce·ae
-ˌkärˈpāsēˌē
: a cosmopolitan family of chiefly epiphytic marine brown algae (order Ectocarpales) that includes algae with a thallus of erect branching filaments arising from a creeping filament or layer or sometimes being compacted into a pseudoparenchymatous thallus see ectocarpus
ectocarpaceous adjective
¦⸗⸗ˌ⸗¦pāshəs
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Ectocarpus, type genus + -aceae