Chilomonadidæ (ki "lomonadide)

pl. [NL., a bilabiate or excavate appearance, and one of the two fresh water. flagella convolute and adherent. They inhabit salt and Chilomonas (ki-lom'ō-nas), n. [NL. (Ehrenberg), (Gr. χείλος, lip, + μονάς, a unit (monad),