ˌhed.ərōˈkän.ˌtē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from heter- + -kontae (from Greek kontos punting pole, from kentein to prick, goad); from the unequal length of the flagella — more at center
in some classifications : a class of algae equivalent to Xanthophyceae that includes all the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length — compare isokontae