Chlamydomonas

noun

Chlam·​y·​do·​mo·​nas

ˌkla-mə-də-ˈmō-nəs

: a genus of solitary biflagellated plantlike flagellates or algae common in fresh water and damp soil and sometimes multiplying so freely as to be a pest about filtration plants see chlamydomonadaceae

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from chlamyd- + -monas

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