Heterokontan - Английское значение и перевод слова Heterokontan на Русский язык

noun

Originally: a member of the class heterokontae (now usually called xanthophyceae), containing yellow-green algae whose motile cells or zoospores have two dissimilar flagella (now rare). in later use: a member of the (proposed) phylum heterokonta, a much broader group of single-celled and multicellular eukaryotes also including brown algae, diatoms, oomycetes, and other algal or fungus-like organisms, whose motile cells or zoospores typically have two dissimilar flagella, one with lateral filaments and the other smooth and shorter (or sometimes absent).

adjective

Of or relating to heterokonts.