cryptomonad
/ˌkrɪptə(ʊ)ˈmɒnad/ /ˌkrɪptə(ʊ)ˈməʊnad/Biology
noun
Any of a group of flattened elliptical flagellates, formerly regarded as protozoans by zoologists or as green algae by botanists, and typically characterized by chloroplasts and two flagella.
- Now often treated as the protist phylum Cryptomonada (or Cryptophyta)..
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Andrew Pritchard (1804–1882), microscopist. From crypto- + monad.
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