Akademik

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, ↑class Flagellata

• Member Meronyms: ↑zoomastigote, ↑zooflagellate, ↑Hypermastigina, ↑order Hypermastigina, ↑Polymastigina, ↑order Polymastigina

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\\-ˈjīnə\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from zo- + mastig- + -ina

: a subclass of Mastigophora that comprises holozoic or saprozoic flagellates lacking chromatophores and stigma and that includes the orders Hypermastigina, Polymastigina, Protomonadina, and Rhizomastigina — compare phytomastigina

Useful english dictionary. 2012.