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haptophyte

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A kind of unicellular marine phytoplankton, typically covered in tiny scales or plates composed of carbohydrates and calcium deposits

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, microbiology, natural-sciences

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Haptophyta. By surface analysis, hapto- (“binding”) + -phyte (“plant”).

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: haptofito — certain eukaryotes
  • Catalan: haptòfit — certain eukaryotes
  • Czech: haptofyt — certain eukaryotes
  • Finnish: tarttumalevä — certain eukaryotes
  • French: haptophyte — certain eukaryotes
  • Galician: haptófita — certain eukaryotes
  • German: Haptophyt — certain eukaryotes
  • Greek: απτόφυτο (aptófyto) — certain eukaryotes
  • Greek: απτοφύκος (aptofýkos) — certain eukaryotes
  • Japanese: ハプト藻 (haputomo) — certain eukaryotes
  • Persian: بندگیاه (bandgiyâh) — certain eukaryotes
  • Polish: haptofit — certain eukaryotes
  • Russian: гаптофи́т (gaptofít) — certain eukaryotes
  • Spanish: haptofita — certain eukaryotes
  • Swedish: fästalg — certain eukaryotes
  • Ukrainian: гаптофі́т (haptofít) — certain eukaryotes