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ZOOFLAGELLATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics
Synonyms:
zooflagellate; zoomastigote
Classified under:
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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