MASTIGOPHORE

flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore

(noun) a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

mastigophore (plural mastigophores)

Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora (a nematocyst that has a tube that extends beyond its hempe)

In Ancient Greece, an official who carried a whip

Synonyms

• mastigophoran

Anagrams

• tomographies

Source: Wiktionary



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SOAK

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