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Meaning of "heterokont" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF HETEROKONT

ˈhɛtərəʊˌkɒnt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HETEROKONT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heterokont can act as a noun and an adjective.
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WHAT DOES HETEROKONT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Heterokont

The heterokonts or stramenopiles are a major line of eukaryotes currently containing more than 100,000 known species. Most are algae, ranging from the giant multicellular kelp to the unicellular diatoms, which are a primary component of plankton. Other notable members of the Stramenopila include the oomycetes, including Phytophthora of Irish potato famine infamy and Pythium which causes seed rot and damping off. The name heterokonts refers to the motile life cycle stage, in which the flagellate cells possess two differently shaped flagella.

Definition of heterokont in the English dictionary

The definition of heterokont in the dictionary is any organism that possesses two flagella of unequal length. Heterokonts include diatoms and some other algae. Other definition of heterokont is possessing two flagella of unequal length.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HETEROKONT

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HETEROKONT

heterogonously · heterogony · heterograft · heterographic · heterographical · heterography · heterogynous · heterokaryon · heterokaryosis · heterokaryotic · heterokontan · heterolecithal · heterologous · heterologously · heterology · heterolysis · heterolytic · heterolytic fission · heteromerous · heteromorphic

WORDS THAT END LIKE HETEROKONT

back to front · battlefront · beachfront · confront · Du Mont · forefront · front · home front · lakefront · oceanfront · out-front · riverfront · Santos-Dumont · seafront · storefront · up front · upfront · waterfront · wavefront · wont

Synonyms and antonyms of heterokont in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «heterokont» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HETEROKONT

Find out the translation of heterokont to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of heterokont from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heterokont» in English.
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heterokont
1,325 millions of speakers
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heterokont
570 millions of speakers
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heterokont
510 millions of speakers
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heterokont
380 millions of speakers
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heterokont
280 millions of speakers
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heterokont
278 millions of speakers
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heterokont
270 millions of speakers
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heterokont
260 millions of speakers
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heterokont
220 millions of speakers
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Heterokont
190 millions of speakers
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heterokont
180 millions of speakers
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不等
130 millions of speakers
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heterokont
85 millions of speakers
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Heterokont
85 millions of speakers
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heterokont
80 millions of speakers
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heterokont
75 millions of speakers
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हेटरोकॉंट
75 millions of speakers
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heterokont
70 millions of speakers
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heterokont
65 millions of speakers
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heterokont
50 millions of speakers
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heterokont
40 millions of speakers
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heterokont
30 millions of speakers
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heterokont
15 millions of speakers
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heterokont
14 millions of speakers
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heterokont
10 millions of speakers
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heterokont
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heterokont

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HETEROKONT»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of heterokont
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HETEROKONT»

Discover the use of heterokont in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heterokont and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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ADVANCES IN BOTANICAL RESEARCH APL
THE Haranoxon'r vaasus Isoxon'r CONDITION There is now a good deal of evidence in favour of extreme antiquity for the heterokont condition. By this is meant the possession of flagella in pairs, the two members of each pair difl'ering in ...
Reginald Dawson Preston, 1965
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Heterokont
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The heterokonts or stramenopiles are a major line of eukaryotes currently containing more than 100,000 known species.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Heterokont
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Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010
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Chromist: Blastocystis, Brown Algae, Heterokont, Golden ...
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LLC Books, 2010
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Light-Harvesting Antennas in Photosynthesis
This was further support for the concept that the heterokont, haptophyte, cryptophyte and dinoflagellate lines (all those with Chi a/c LHCs) obtained their plastids from a red algal endosymbiont (Delwiche and Palmer, 1997; Douglas et al., 2001) ...
Beverley Green, W.W. Parson, 2003
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Systematics and Evolution
Flagella of different lengths, whether of identical morphology or with non- heterokont differences in morphology, are termed anisokont. The term heterokont is restricted to the possession of two different kinds of flagella: the one ornamented with ...
David J. McLaughlin, Karl Esser, Paul A. Lemke, 2001
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Heterokonts: Diatom, Actinophryid, Brown Algae, Opalinidae, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books Llc, 2010
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Issues in General Science and Scientific Theory and Method: ...
Investigators publish new data in the report 'A common red algal origin of the apicomplexan, dinoflagellate, and heterokont plastids.' According to a study from Vancouver, Canada, “The discovery of a nonphotosynthetic plastid in malaria and ...
‎2012
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Chrysophytes: Aspects and Problems
The flagellate stage is heterokont, but, when the amalgamation was made, the diatom motile gamete and many other flagellate forms were relatively unknown or incompletely known. In any case, the diatom motile sperm is not heterokont.
Jørgen Kristiansen, Robert Arthur Andersen, 1986
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Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification
Descriptions of Genera Chloramoebales Ankylonoton Pascher 1932 (Fig. 2A, B) Cells are solitary with typical heterokont flagellation; cells are 13–15 μm, up to 22 μm in length. Flagella are inserted subapically. Contractile vacuoles occur near ...
John D. Wehr, Robert G. Sheath, J. Patrick Kociolek, 2002

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HETEROKONT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heterokont is used in the context of the following news items.
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Magical place of gin-scented foliage
The name "heterokont" also refers to the type of motile life cycle stage, in which the flagellate cells possess two differently shaped flagella. «The Guardian, Apr 15»
2
Solar-Powered Plankton Take Monty Python Advice: Run Away
This is why they call it a heterokont: two differently-shaped flagella. The bristly tinsel flagellum pulls the protist through the water, while the ... «Scientific American, Oct 12»
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Diatoms, or The Trouble with Life in Glass Houses
The name heterokont comes from the trait the group's common ancestor likely developed of having two unequal propulsive tails called tinsel ... «Scientific American, Oct 12»
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