Heterococcales

plural noun

Het·​ero·​coc·​ca·​les

ˈhetə(ˌ)rōˌkäˈkā(ˌ)lēz

: an order of yellow-green algae including all members of the class Xanthophyceae having the immobile vegetative cells surrounded by a cell wall and incapable of returning to the motile state directly

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Heterococcus, genus of algae (from heter- + -coccus) + -ales

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