Other definitions for -ota (2 of 2)

-ota

  1. a plural suffix occurring in taxonomic names, especially of phyla: Eumycota.

Origin of -ota

2
<New Latin <Greek, neuter plural of -ōtos, equivalent to -ō- (see -osis) + -tos adj. suffix; cf. zygote

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