plantlike flagellate
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plantlike flagellate — noun unicellular organisms having many characteristics of typical algae • Hypernyms: ↑protozoan, ↑protozoon • Member Holonyms: ↑Phytomastigina, ↑subclass Phytomastigina * * * noun : any of various organisms constituting the subclass… … Useful english dictionary
Phytomastigina — noun plantlike flagellates containing chlorophyll; often considered unicellular algae • Syn: ↑subclass Phytomastigina • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Mastigophora, ↑class Mastigophora, ↑Flagellata, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
protozoon — noun any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic • Syn: ↑protozoan • Derivationally related forms: ↑protozoan • Hypernyms: ↑protoctist • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
phytoflagellate — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ noun Etymology: New Latin Phytoflagellata : plantlike flagellate * * * /fuy teuh flaj euh lit, layt /, n. any microscopic flagellate that is photosynthetic. [1930 35; PHYTO + FLAGELLATE] * * * phytoflagellate to gelin: see … Useful english dictionary
subclass Phytomastigina — noun plantlike flagellates containing chlorophyll; often considered unicellular algae • Syn: ↑Phytomastigina • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Mastigophora, ↑class Mastigophora, ↑Flagellata, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
heterochlorid — ▪ protozoan order any protozoan of the plantlike flagellate order Heterochlorida. Heterochlorids have two flagella of unequal length and chromatophores with yellow to yellow green pigments. Food reserves are stored as leucosin (a… … Universalium
dinoflagellate — A plantlike flagellate of the subclass Phytomastigophorea, some species of which ( e.g., Gonyaulax cantanella) produce a potent neurotoxin that may cause severe food intoxication following ingestion of parasitized shellfish. [G. dinos, whirling,… … Medical dictionary
Euglenida — Eu·gle·ni·da yü glē nəd ə n pl an order of protozoans of the subphylum Mastigophora comprising extremely varied flagellates that are typically green or colorless stigma bearing solitary organisms with one or two flagella emerging anteriorly from… … Medical dictionary
protozoan — /proh teuh zoh euhn/, n., pl. protozoans, (esp. collectively) protozoa / zoh euh/, adj. Biol. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotes, of the kingdom Protista, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are… … Universalium
plant — plantable, adj. plantless, adj. plantlike, adj. /plant, plahnt/, n. 1. any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that… … Universalium
