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Vinony

unikont

noun

  1. Any organism of the clade Unikonta
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From uni- (“one”) + -kont (“flagellate”) from Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós, “pole”).

  1. A eukaryotic cell with a single flagellum; thought to be the ancestor of all animals and fungi.

    “Today, it is thought based on DNA sequence data that the Fungi form a clade in the eukaryotic supergroup Unikonta (“unikonts”), which also includes animals and several protist lineages.”