Meanings
nounfilasterea pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyfilastereans
Choanoflagellates and filasterea are considered the closest unicellular organisms to metazoan animals.
2015 August 7, “The Evolution of the Secreted Regulatory Protein Progranulin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
- translingualFilasterea
- Englishfilasterea
From the genus name, translingual Filasterea.
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filasterea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filasterea
MLA
“filasterea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filasterea. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “filasterea,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filasterea.
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