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EUGLENA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does euglena mean? 

EUGLENA (noun)
  The noun EUGLENA has 1 sense:

1. minute single-celled green freshwater organism having a single flagella; often classed as algaeplay

  Familiarity information: EUGLENA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EUGLENA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Minute single-celled green freshwater organism having a single flagella; often classed as algae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("euglena" is a kind of...):

protozoan; protozoon (any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic)

Holonyms ("euglena" is a member of...):

genus Euglena (type genus of the family Euglenaceae: green algae with a single flagellum)


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