# thraustochytrid

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any protist in the order Thraustochytriales (syn. Thraustochytrida), that produce a network of filaments or tubes, on which the cells move and from which they absorb nutrients.

## Etymology
From the ICZN name, Thraustochytrida.

## Source
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