Cryptomonadidae
plural noun
Cryp·to·mo·nad·i·dae
-nadəˌdē
: a large family (order Cryptomonadina) of chiefly freshwater and holophytic plantlike flagellates with the anterior end truncate and two anterior flagella see chilomonas
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Cryptomonad-, Cryptomonas, type genus + -idae