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From the ICZN name, Thraustochytrida.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
thraustochytrid
Today it means: Any protist in the order Thraustochytriales (syn. Thraustochytrida), that produce a network of filaments or tubes, on which the cells move and from which they absorb nutrients. Full definition →