English > flagellate: 3 senses > noun 1, animal| Meaning | A usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals. |
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| Synonyms | flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore |
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| Member of | Mastigophora, class Mastigophora, Flagellata, class Flagellata | protozoa having flagella |
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| Narrower | Leishmania, genus Leishmania | flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis |
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| costia, Costia necatrix | A flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis |
| dinoflagellate | chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella |
| giardia | A suspected cause of diarrhea in humans |
| hypermastigote | flagellate symbiotic in the intestines of e.g. termites |
| polymastigote | flagellates with several flagella |
| trichomonad | Cause of trichomoniasis in women and cattle and birds |
| zoomastigote, zooflagellate | flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics / characteristics |
| Broader | protozoan, protozoon | Any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic |
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| Spanish | mastigophora, mastigophoran, mastigophore |
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| Catalan | mastigophora |
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| Adjectives | flagellate | having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum) |
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| Nouns | flagellum | a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa) |
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