phytomonad
/ˌfʌɪtə(ʊ)ˈmɒnad/ /ˌfʌɪtə(ʊ)ˈməʊnad/Biology
noun
A phytoflagellate belonging to the order Phytomonadina.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Gary Calkins (1869–1943). From phyto- + monad, after scientific Latin Phytomonadina, order name.