- zooflagellate
- zoo·flag·el·late (zo″o-flajґə-lāt) [zoo- + -flagellate] any protozoan of a large group exhibiting animallike behavior, formerly classified in the class Zoomastigophorea.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
zooflagellate
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zooflagellate — [zō΄ōflag′ə lit, zō΄əflaj′ə lit, zō΄ō flaj′əlāt΄, zō΄ə flaj′əlāt΄] n. [ ZOO + FLAGELLATE] any of a class (Zoomastigophora) of colorless, flagellated protozoans that ingest food … English World dictionary
zooflagellate — /zoh euh flaj euh lit, layt /, n. any flagellated protozoan that lacks photosynthetic pigment and feeds on organic matter: often parasitic. [1955 60; ZOO + FLAGELLATE] * * * ▪ protozoan any flagellate protozoan that is traditionally of the… … Universalium
zooflagellate — noun Any of the heterotrophic flagellates of the phylum Zoomastigophora Syn: zoomastigote … Wiktionary
zooflagellate — zoo·flagellate … English syllables
zooflagellate — zo•o•flag•el•late [[t]ˌzoʊ əˈflædʒ ə lɪt, ˌleɪt[/t]] n. mcr any flagellated protozoan that lacks photosynthetic pigment and feeds on organic matter: often parasitic • Etymology: 1955–60 … From formal English to slang
zooflagellate — noun flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant like characteristics • Syn: ↑zoomastigote • Hypernyms: ↑flagellate, ↑flagellate protozoan, ↑flagellated protozoan, ↑mastigophoran, ↑mastigophore … Useful english dictionary
animallike flagellate — zooflagellate … Medical dictionary
flagellate — flagellator, n. flagellatory /flaj euh leuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. v. /flaj euh layt /; adj., n. /flaj euh lit, layt /, v., flagellated, flagellating, adj., n. v.t. 1. to whip; scourge; flog; lash. adj. 2. Also, flagellated. Biol. having… … Universalium
Flagellate — Not to be confused with flagellation. Flagellata from Encyclopædia Britannica … Wikipedia
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
