Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

choanoflagellate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: choanoflag-el-late
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of flagellate protozoa, of the class Choanoflagellatea, thought to be the closest unicellular ancestors of animals.

Example Sentences

"Choanoflagellates are plankton: tiny protozoans that feed on even tinier bacteria."
"Detailed studies showed that the sponge and the cells of a protist called a choanoflagellate used a different set of genes and proteins to build similar-looking structures."

Etymology

Etymology tree English choano- Latin flagellō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin flagellātuslbor. English flagellate English choanoflagellate From choano- + flagellate.

Inflected Forms

choanoflagellates (plural)

Synonyms

craspedophyte

Questions

What does choanoflagellate mean?: Any of a group of flagellate protozoa, of the class Choanoflagellatea, thought to be the closest unicellular ancestors of animals.
Where does choanoflagellate come from?: Etymology tree English choano- Latin flagellō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin flagellātuslbor. English flagellate English choanoflagellate From choano- + flagellate.

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