kōˈnä.trə̇kə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from chono- (irregular from Greek chonnos copper cup) + -tricha
: a small order of euciliate protozoans that are commensal on the surface of aquatic invertebrates, have a more or less vasiform body with reduced ciliation and complex terminal peristome, and reproduce by budding and in some cases by conjugation
• cho·not·ri·chous -kəs adjective