Etymology

isokont

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Today it means: Having flagella of equal length. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κοντός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκοντός“pole”
  2. English todayisokont

From iso- (“equal”) + -kont (“flagellate”) from Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós, “pole”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκοντός all →

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