stramenopile

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noun

A heterokont of the clade (sometimes a superphylum) Stramenopiles.

OriginLatin stramen →
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Meanings

nounstramenopile (plural stramenopiles)

plural stramenopiles

  1. A heterokont of the clade (sometimes a superphylum) Stramenopiles.

Origin

  1. Latinstramen“straw”
  2. Englishstramenopile

Coined in 1989 by David J. Patterson, Latin stramen (“straw”) + pilus (“hair”), referring to an anterior flagellum with short hairlike extensions that forms during the life cycle of most members of the lineage.

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stramenopile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stramenopile

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“stramenopile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stramenopile. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stramenopile,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stramenopile.

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