mastigophora (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Mastigophora*:
NOUN	animal	Mastigophora, class Mastigophora, Flagellata, class Flagellata	protozoa having flagella

English > *Mastigophora*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	protozoa having flagella.
Synonyms	class Mastigophora, Flagellata, class Flagellata
Member of	Protozoa, phylum Protozoa	In some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom
Members	Dinoflagellata, order Dinoflagellata, Cilioflagellata, order Cilioflagellata	In some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista
	Phytomastigina, subclass Phytomastigina	plantlike flagellates containing chlorophyll
	Zoomastigina, subclass Zoomastigina	In some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista
	flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore	A usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages
Broader	class	(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
Spanish	flagelados

HyperDic: mastigophora