ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈgōnēəm noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek oidos swelling, tumor + gonos offspring, seed + New Latin -ium — more at atter , gon-
: a genus (the type of the family Oedogoniaceae) of freshwater green algae that have long unbranched filaments usually free-floating when mature but attached by special basal cells when young