Definition of mastigophore Mastigophore
mas•ti•go•phore
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What does mastigophore mean?
WordNet
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| mastigophore - a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals | ||
| flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran | ||
| protozoan, protozoon any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic | ||
| class flagellata, class mastigophora, flagellata, mastigophora protozoa having flagella | ||
| dinoflagellate chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton | ||
| genus leishmania, leishmania flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis | ||
| zooflagellate, zoomastigote flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics | ||
| hypermastigote flagellate symbiotic in the intestines of e.g. termites | ||
| polymastigote flagellates with several flagella | ||
| costia, costia necatrix a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis | ||
| giardia a suspected cause of diarrhea in humans | ||
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Part of speech
🔤- mastigophore, noun, singular of mastigophores.
