Orthonectida

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”) + νηκτός (nēktós, “swimming”) or νήκτης (nḗktēs, “swimmer”) + -ida.

Proper noun

Orthonectida

  1. A taxonomic phylum within the infrakingdom Protostomia – poorly known parasites of marine invertebrates that are among the simplest of multi-cellular organisms..

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