Heterokont

What do we mean by heterokont?

Any of numerous mostly aquatic organisms in the group Heterokonta, having zoospores or other swimming cells usually with a pair of flagella, one of which has brush-like extensions, and whose photosynthetic members have a distinctive form of chlorophyll. Heterokonts include the brown algae, chrysophytes, diatoms, and oomycetes. noun

Any alga, of the phylum Heterokontophyta, having unequal flagella noun

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Words that are spelled similarly to heterokont:
heterokont, heterodont, heterogony, heterodon.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective heterokont:
algae, flagella, chromophytes, zoospores, flagellation.

Words that sound like heterokont:
heteroclite, haricot, hit record, hurricane, headcount, head count, horicon, hydrant, horizont, huracan, horizonte, hurricano, harry kane.