Choanoflagellata

plural noun

Cho·​a·​no·​flagellata

¦kōə(ˌ)nō+

in some classifications

: an order or other major division of Mastigophora comprising the choanoflagellates compare lissoflagellata

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from choan- + Flagellata

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