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ZOOFLAGELLATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does zooflagellate mean?
• ZOOFLAGELLATE (noun)
The noun ZOOFLAGELLATE has 1 sense:
1. flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics
Familiarity information: ZOOFLAGELLATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
zooflagellate; zoomastigote
Hypernyms ("zooflagellate" is a kind of...):
flagellate; flagellate protozoan; flagellated protozoan; mastigophoran; mastigophore (a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals)
Holonyms ("zooflagellate" is a member of...):
subclass Zoomastigina; Zoomastigina (in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; holozoic or saprozoic flagellates)
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