axodine

English

Noun

axodine (plural axodines)

1. (biology) Any unicellular heterokont alga of the class Actinochrysophyceae.
   • 2017, Louise Eaton, Examining Fungi and Protists:

     The chrysophytes, bacillariophytes, and dictyochophytes (axodines; a group of heterokonts) date from about 100 million years ago, and despite the mass extinctions 65.5 million years ago, many species still flourish.

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