NOUN | animal | Polymastigina, order Polymastigina | small usually parasitic flagellates |
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Meaning | small usually parasitic flagellates. | |
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Synonym | order Polymastigina | |
Member of | Zoomastigina, subclass Zoomastigina | In some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista |
Members | Chilomastix, genus Chilomastix | flagellates parasitic in intestines of vertebrates including humans |
Hexamita, genus Hexamita | flagellates free-living or parasitic in intestines of birds | |
genus Costia | A genus of flagellate protoctist | |
genus Giardia | flagellates parasitic in intestines of vertebrates | |
genus Trichomonas | flagellates parasitic in alimentary or genitourinary tracts of vertebrates and invertebrates including humans | |
polymastigote | flagellates with several flagella | |
Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
Spanish | polimastiginios | |
Catalan | polimastigins |
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