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Cutleriales

plural noun
Cut·​le·​ri·​a·​les | \ -ˈā(ˌ)lēz\

Definition of Cutleriales

: an order of marine brown algae (class Phaeophyta) having a flattened blade-shaped or discoid thallus in which growth is partially or entirely trichothallic

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New Latin, from Cutleria + -ales

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