“+ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from silic- + flagellata, neuter plural of flagellatus flagellate
in some classifications : a group of marine flagellates formerly classified among the radiolarians but now usually constituting a family of the order Chrysomonadina and having one or two flagella, a definite nucleus, and a spiny siliceous skeleton like that of a radiolarian
• sil·i·co·flagellate “+ noun