HyperDic: zoomastigote

English > 1 sense of the word zoomastigote:
NOUNanimalzoomastigote, zooflagellateflagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics / characteristics
English > zoomastigote: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningflagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics / characteristics.
Synonymzooflagellate
Member ofZoomastigina, subclass ZoomastiginaIn some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista
Broaderflagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophoreA usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages

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