alveolate

Senso (Inglese)

Adj

Having a structure containing honeycomb-like cavities.

Noun

A member of a grouping of protists comprising the ciliates, sporozoa and dinoflagellates.

sinonimi

honeycombed

faveolate

pitted

cavitied

pockmarked

pocked

bumpy

potholed

Traduzioni

alveolat

alvéolate

Alveolata

alveolado

Alveolata

Etimologia (Inglese)

Borrowed from Latin alveolatus, from alveolus (“cavity”). For the protists, a borrowing of translingual Alveolata.