Phytomastigina — noun plantlike flagellates containing chlorophyll; often considered unicellular algae • Syn: ↑subclass Phytomastigina • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Mastigophora, ↑class Mastigophora, ↑Flagellata, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
plantlike flagellate — noun unicellular organisms having many characteristics of typical algae • Hypernyms: ↑protozoan, ↑protozoon • Member Holonyms: ↑Phytomastigina, ↑subclass Phytomastigina * * * noun : any of various organisms constituting the subclass… … Useful english dictionary
class Flagellata — noun protozoa having flagella • Syn: ↑Mastigophora, ↑class Mastigophora, ↑Flagellata • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Protozoa, ↑phylum Protozoa … Useful english dictionary
class Mastigophora — noun protozoa having flagella • Syn: ↑Mastigophora, ↑Flagellata, ↑class Flagellata • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Protozoa, ↑phylum Protozoa … Useful english dictionary
Flagellata — noun protozoa having flagella • Syn: ↑Mastigophora, ↑class Mastigophora, ↑class Flagellata • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Protozoa, ↑phylum Protozoa … Useful english dictionary
Mastigophora — noun protozoa having flagella • Syn: ↑class Mastigophora, ↑Flagellata, ↑class Flagellata • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Protozoa, ↑phylum Protozoa … Useful english dictionary
phytomonadina — ˌfīd.(ˌ)ōˌmänəˈdīnə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Phytomonad , Phytomonas (genus of flagellates) + ina : an order of small green plantlike flagellates (subclass Phytomastigina) comprising solitary forms (as Polytoma… … Useful english dictionary
Zoomastigina — noun in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; holozoic or saprozoic flagellates • Syn: ↑subclass Zoomastigina • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Mastigophora, ↑class Mastigophora, ↑Flagellata … Useful english dictionary
phytoflagellate — noun Date: 1935 any of various organisms (as dinoflagellates) that are considered a subclass (Phytomastigophora syn. Phytomastigina) usually of algae by botanists and of protozoans by zoologists and that have many characteristics in common with… … New Collegiate Dictionary
phytoflagellate — phy·to·fla·gel·late .fīt ō flaj ə lət, .lāt; flə jel ət n any of various organisms (as dinoflagellates) that are considered a subclass (Phytomastigophora syn. Phytomastigina) usu. of algae by botanists and of protozoans by zoologists and that… … Medical dictionary