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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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History and Etymology for Hydrurus

New Latin, from hydr- + -urus

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