alveolate

Significado (Inglês)

Adj

Having a structure containing honeycomb-like cavities.

Noun

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

Conceitos

alveolado

Alveolata

Sinônimos

honeycombed

faveolate

pitted

cavitied

pockmarked

pocked

bumpy

potholed

Etimologia (Inglês)

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