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FLAGELLATA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Protozoa having flagella
Synonyms:
class Flagellata; class Mastigophora; Flagellata; Mastigophora
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Flagellata" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Flagellata"):
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 ("Flagellata" is a member of...):
phylum Protozoa; Protozoa (in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers)
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