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chlamydomonas

chla·my·dom·o·nas [ klàmmə dómmənəss ] (plural chla·my·do·mo·nas·es or chla·my·do·mo·nas)


noun 
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single-celled organism: a single-celled organism that lives in fresh water and soil, absorbing its food by photosynthesis. Genus Chlamydomonas.

[Late 19th century. < modern Latin< Greek khlamud- "mantle" + monas "unit"]
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