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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any trypanosomatid of the genus Leptomonas
2. 2
   A form of some promastigote flagellates, similar to a nectomonad except for being shorter and replicative

Etymology

Etymology 1

From translingual Leptomonas, from lepto- + Ancient Greek μονάς (monás, stem: μονάδ- (monád-)).

Etymology 2

From lepto- + monad.

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