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heterokont

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
het-erokont
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having flagella of unequal length.

noun

Any member of the superphylum Heterokonta, most of which are algae.

Etymology

From hetero- (“different”) + -kont (“flagellate”) from Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós, “pole”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

heterokonts (plural)

Derived Forms

heterokontophyte

Antonyms

isokont

Questions

What does heterokont mean?
Having flagella of unequal length.
Where does heterokont come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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