ˌfīd.(ˌ)ōˌmänəˈdīnə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Phytomonad-, Phytomonas (genus of flagellates) + -ina
: an order of small green plantlike flagellates (subclass Phytomastigina) comprising solitary forms (as Polytoma uvella ) and complex colonial forms (as members of the genus Volvox ) — compare volvocales