Heterococcales
plural noun
Het·ero·coc·ca·les
ˈhetə(ˌ)rōˌkäˈkā(ˌ)lēz
: an order of yellow-green algae including all members of the class Xanthophyceae having the immobile vegetative cells surrounded by a cell wall and incapable of returning to the motile state directly
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Heterococcus, genus of algae (from heter- + -coccus) + -ales