zooflagellate

zooflagellate
zoo·flagellate

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  • zooflagellate — [zō΄ōflag′ə lit, zō΄əflaj′ə lit, zō΄ō flaj′əlāt΄, zō΄ə flaj′əlāt΄] n. [ ZOO + FLAGELLATE] any of a class (Zoomastigophora) of colorless, flagellated protozoans that ingest food …   English World dictionary

  • zooflagellate — /zoh euh flaj euh lit, layt /, n. any flagellated protozoan that lacks photosynthetic pigment and feeds on organic matter: often parasitic. [1955 60; ZOO + FLAGELLATE] * * * ▪ protozoan       any flagellate protozoan that is traditionally of the… …   Universalium

  • zooflagellate — noun Any of the heterotrophic flagellates of the phylum Zoomastigophora Syn: zoomastigote …   Wiktionary

  • zooflagellate — zoo·flag·el·late (zo″o flajґə lāt) [zoo + flagellate] any protozoan of a large group exhibiting animallike behavior, formerly classified in the class Zoomastigophorea …   Medical dictionary

  • zooflagellate — zo•o•flag•el•late [[t]ˌzoʊ əˈflædʒ ə lɪt, ˌleɪt[/t]] n. mcr any flagellated protozoan that lacks photosynthetic pigment and feeds on organic matter: often parasitic • Etymology: 1955–60 …   From formal English to slang

  • zooflagellate — noun flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant like characteristics • Syn: ↑zoomastigote • Hypernyms: ↑flagellate, ↑flagellate protozoan, ↑flagellated protozoan, ↑mastigophoran, ↑mastigophore …   Useful english dictionary

  • animallike flagellate — zooflagellate …   Medical dictionary

  • flagellate — flagellator, n. flagellatory /flaj euh leuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. v. /flaj euh layt /; adj., n. /flaj euh lit, layt /, v., flagellated, flagellating, adj., n. v.t. 1. to whip; scourge; flog; lash. adj. 2. Also, flagellated. Biol. having… …   Universalium

  • Flagellate — Not to be confused with flagellation. Flagellata from Encyclopædia Britannica …   Wikipedia

  • protist — protistan /proh tis teuhn/, adj., n. protistic, adj. /proh tist/, n. any of various one celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and… …   Universalium

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