leptomonad

noun

Etymology

From translingual Leptomonas, from lepto- + Ancient Greek μονάς (monás, stem: μονάδ- (monád-)).

  1. borrowed from Leptomonas

Definitions

  1. Any trypanosomatid of the genus Leptomonas

  2. A form of some promastigote flagellates, similar to a nectomonad except for being shorter…

    A form of some promastigote flagellates, similar to a nectomonad except for being shorter and replicative

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for leptomonad. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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