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Definition of mastigophore

usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some pathogens of humans and other animals

Similar Words: flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran

Hyponyms: dinoflagellate, Leishmania, genus Leishmania, zoomastigote, zooflagellate, hypermastigote, polymastigote, costia, Costia necatrix, giardia, trichomonad

Member Meronyms: Mastigophora, class Mastigophora, Flagellata, class Flagellata

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