Akademik

Zygnematales

noun

pond scums; desmids

• Syn: ↑order Zygnematales, ↑Zygnemales, ↑order Zygnemales

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Chlorophyceae, ↑class Chlorophyceae

• Member Meronyms: ↑Zygnemataceae, ↑family Zygnemataceae

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\\-ˈtā(ˌ)lēz\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Zygnemat-, Zygnema + -ales

: an order of green algae (class Chlorophyceae) that include the pond scums and desmids, are distinguished by the absence of asexual reproduction and lack of flagellated reproductive structure, and reproduce sexually by fusion of amoeboid gametes — compare akontae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.