MASTIGOPHORA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mastigophora mean? 

• MASTIGOPHORA (noun)
  The noun MASTIGOPHORA has 1 sense:

1. protozoa having flagella

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MASTIGOPHORA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Protozoa having flagella

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

class Flagellata; class Mastigophora; Flagellata; Mastigophora

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

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Mastigophora"):

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

Cilioflagellata; Dinoflagellata; order Cilioflagellata; order Dinoflagellata (in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta)

subclass Zoomastigina; Zoomastigina (in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; holozoic or saprozoic flagellates)

Phytomastigina; subclass Phytomastigina (plantlike flagellates containing chlorophyll; often considered unicellular algae)

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

phylum Protozoa; Protozoa (in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers)