Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Pyrrophyta — noun a division of lower plants comprising unicellular and biflagellate algae that form starchy compounds • Syn: ↑phylum Pyrrophyta • Hypernyms: ↑phylum • Member Holonyms: ↑Monera, ↑kingdom Monera, ↑Prokayotae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Pyrrophyta — /pi rof i teuh/, n. Biol. a phylum in the kingdom Protista comprising the dinoflagellates and cryptomonads. [ < NL < Gk pyrrh(ós) red + o O + phytá, pl. of PHYTÓN PHYTE] * * * … Universalium
dinoflagellate — /din euh flaj euh layt /, n. any of numerous chiefly marine plankton of the phylum Pyrrophyta (or, in some classification schemes, the order Dinoflagellata), usually having two flagella, one in a groove around the body and the other extending… … Universalium
pyrrophyte — /pir euh fuyt /, n. any of various single celled, biflagellated algae, of the phylum Pyrrophyta, esp. the dinoflagellates. [see PYRROPHYTA] * * * … Universalium
kingdom Monera — noun prokaryotic bacteria and blue green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions • Syn: ↑Monera, ↑Prokayotae, ↑kingdom… … Useful english dictionary
kingdom Prokaryotae — noun prokaryotic bacteria and blue green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions • Syn: ↑Monera, ↑kingdom Monera, ↑Prokayotae •… … Useful english dictionary
Monera — noun prokaryotic bacteria and blue green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions • Syn: ↑kingdom Monera, ↑Prokayotae, ↑kingdom… … Useful english dictionary
Prokayotae — noun prokaryotic bacteria and blue green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions • Syn: ↑Monera, ↑kingdom Monera, ↑kingdom… … Useful english dictionary
pyrrophyte — /pir euh fuyt /, n. any of various single celled, biflagellated algae, of the phylum Pyrrophyta, esp. the dinoflagellates. [see PYRROPHYTA] … Useful english dictionary
Dinoflagellata — n. and order of plankton, in some classifications it is considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others it is included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta. Its members usually have two flagella, one of which extends from its center. Syn: order… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
