"choanoflagellate" meaning in English

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          "text": "Choanoflagellates are plankton: tiny protozoans that feed on even tinier bacteria.",
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        "(biology) Any of a group of flagellate protozoa, of the class Choanoflagellatea, thought to be the closest unicellular ancestors of animals."
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          "sense": "any of a group of flagellate protozoa",
          "word": "領鞭毛蟲"
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          "roman": "lǐngbiānmáochóng",
          "sense": "any of a group of flagellate protozoa",
          "word": "领鞭毛虫"
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          "sense": "any of a group of flagellate protozoa",
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          "word": "coanoflagelado"
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