Chonotricha
plural noun
Cho·not·ri·cha
kōˈnä‧trə̇kə
: a small order of euciliate protozoans that are commensal on the surface of aquatic invertebrates, have a more or less vasiform body with reduced ciliation and complex terminal peristome, and reproduce by budding and in some cases by conjugation
chonotrichous adjective
-kəs
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from chono- (irregular from Greek chonnos copper cup) + -tricha