mastigophore
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1. a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | protozoan, protozoon, |
| definition | : | any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | dinoflagellate, |
| definition | : | chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | zooflagellate, zoomastigote, |
| definition | : | flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | hypermastigote, |
| definition | : | flagellate symbiotic in the intestines of e.g. termites (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | polymastigote, |
| definition | : | flagellates with several flagella (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | costia, costia necatrix, |
| definition | : | a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | giardia, |
| definition | : | a suspected cause of diarrhea in humans (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | trichomonad, |
| definition | : | cause of trichomoniasis in women and cattle and birds (noun.animal) |
| derivation | : | flagellum, |
| definition | : | a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa) (noun.animal) |
| derivation | : | flagellum, |
| definition | : | a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa) (noun.animal) |
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