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Complete Definition of "opisthokont"

English
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Etymology
From AGr. term|scpolytonic|ο�ί�θ�-|tropísth�-||hind-|langel + term|scpolytonic|κον���|trkontós||pole (in reference to the flagellum)|langel.

Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/��pɪsθ���k�nt/

Noun
en-noun

  1. biology Any of very many eukaryotes whose flagellate cells propel themselves with a single posterior flagellum.
Quotations
2002: Michael Breitenbach, Reto Crameri, and Samuel B. Lehrer, Fungal Allergy and Pathogenicity, p211 (Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers; ISBN 380557391X (10), ISBN 978-3805573917 (13))
2004: Joel Cracraft & Michael J. Donoghue, Assembling the Tree of Life, p68 (Oxford University Press (USA); ISBN 0195172345 (10), ISBN 978-0195172348 (13))
2006: Laura Katz Olson & Debashish Bhattacharya, Genomics and Evolution of Microbial Eukaryotes, p13 (Oxford University Press; ISBN 0198569742 (10), ISBN 978-0198569749 (13))

Related terms
opistho-
Opisthokonta

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