Hydrurus

noun

Hy·​dru·​rus

hīˈdru̇rəs

: a genus of colonial plantlike flagellates (order Chrysomonadina) occurring as sticky foul-smelling branched feathery greenish brown tufts in cold flowing water see hydruraceae

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from hydr- + -urus

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