stramenopileEtymologyCoined in 1989 by David J. Patterson, Latin stramen (“straw”) + pilus (“hair”), referring to an anterior flagellum with short hairlike extensions that forms during the life cycle of most members of the lineage.stramenopile means A heterokont of the clade (sometimes a superphylum) Stramenopiles. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounA heterokont of the clade (sometimes a superphylum) Stramenopiles.