filasterea

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English

Etymology

From the genus name, translingual Filasterea.

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Noun

filasterea pl (plural only)

  1. filastereans
    • 2015 August 7, “The Evolution of the Secreted Regulatory Protein Progranulin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      Choanoflagellates and filasterea are considered the closest unicellular organisms to metazoan animals.