HyperDic: mastigophore

English > 1 sense of the word mastigophore:
NOUNanimalmastigophore, flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophorana usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages
English > mastigophore: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals.
Synonymsflagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran
Member ofMastigophora, class Mastigophora, Flagellata, class Flagellataprotozoa having flagella
NarrowerLeishmania, genus Leishmaniaflagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis
costia, Costia necatrixA flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis
dinoflagellatechiefly marine protozoa having two flagella
giardiaA suspected cause of diarrhea in humans
hypermastigoteflagellate symbiotic in the intestines of e.g. termites
polymastigoteflagellates with several flagella
trichomonadCause of trichomoniasis in women and cattle and birds
zoomastigote, zooflagellateflagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics / characteristics
Broaderprotozoan, protozoonAny of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic
Spanishmastigophora, mastigophoran, mastigophore
Catalanmastigophora

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