noun
a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
• Syn: ↑flagellate, ↑flagellated protozoan, ↑mastigophoran, ↑mastigophore
• Derivationally related forms: ↑flagellate (for: ↑flagellate), ↑flagellum (for: ↑flagellate)
• Hyponyms:
↑dinoflagellate, ↑Leishmania, ↑genus Leishmania, ↑zoomastigote, ↑zooflagellate, ↑hypermastigote, ↑polymastigote, ↑costia, ↑Costia necatrix, ↑giardia, ↑trichomonad
• Member Holonyms: ↑Mastigophora, ↑class Mastigophora, ↑Flagellata, ↑class Flagellata
Useful english dictionary. 2012.