ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ˌblefərəˈdā(ˌ)lēz noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Monoblepharid-, Monoblepharis genus of fungi (from mon- + Greek blepharid-, blepharis eyelash) + -ales
: an order of fungi (subclass Oomycetes) that are distinguished from related forms by possession of a large nonmotile egg which is fertilized by a small uniflagellate motile sperm