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Hydrurus
noun
Hy·dru·rus
\hīˈdru̇rəs\
Definition of Hydrurus
: a genus of colonial plantlike flagellates (order Chrysomonadina) occurring as sticky foul-smelling branched feathery greenish brown tufts in cold flowing water — see hydruraceae
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Origin and Etymology of hydrurus
New Latin, from hydr- + -urus
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