- Phytomastigophora
- Phy·to·mas·ti·goph·o·ra (fi″to-mas″tĭ-gofґə-rə) Phytomastigophorea.
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Phytomastigophora
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phytoflagellate — noun Date: 1935 any of various organisms (as dinoflagellates) that are considered a subclass (Phytomastigophora syn. Phytomastigina) usually of algae by botanists and of protozoans by zoologists and that have many characteristics in common with… … New Collegiate Dictionary
phytoflagellate — /fuy teuh flaj euh lit, layt /, n. any microscopic flagellate that is photosynthetic. [1930 35; PHYTO + FLAGELLATE] * * * Any of several protozoans that have flagella in addition to sharing many characteristics with typical algae, especially the… … Universalium
protist — protistan /proh tis teuhn/, adj., n. protistic, adj. /proh tist/, n. any of various one celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and… … Universalium
Phytomastigophorea — A class of the subphylum Mastigophora (flagellates) within the phylum Sarcomastigophora (flagellate and ameboid protozoans), consisting mostly of free living plantlike flagellates with or without chloroplasts, and usually with one or two flagella … Medical dictionary
phytoflagellate — phy·to·fla·gel·late .fīt ō flaj ə lət, .lāt; flə jel ət n any of various organisms (as dinoflagellates) that are considered a subclass (Phytomastigophora syn. Phytomastigina) usu. of algae by botanists and of protozoans by zoologists and that… … Medical dictionary
