Batrachospermum
noun
Bat·ra·cho·sper·mum
¦ba‧trə(ˌ)kō¦spərməm
: a genus (the type of the family Batrachospermaceae) of red algae of the order Nemalionales found in slow-moving fresh waters and having a thallus that consists of a conspicuous central axis bearing transverse whorls of short branches at regular intervals
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from batrach- + -spermum