stramenopile
English
Etymology
Coined in 1989 by David J. Patterson, Latin stramen (“straw”) + pilus (“hair”), referring to an anterior flagellum with short hairlike extensions that forms during the life cycle of most members of the lineage.
Noun
stramenopile (plural stramenopiles)
- A heterokont of the clade (sometimes a superphylum) Stramenopiles.
Related terms
- stramenopilic
References
stramenopile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Stramenopiles on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Stramenopiles on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Stramenopiles at the Tree of Life Web Project