Etymology

opisthokont

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Today it means: Any of very many eukaryotes, including animals and fungi, whose flagellate cells (if any) propel themselves with a single posterior flagellum. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κοντός
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The story

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

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

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκοντός all →

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