Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
Flagellata .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Zoöl.) A phylum of protozoans the kingdom Protista, consisting mainly of free-living flagellated unicellular organisms, lacking photosynthetic capability. Some members are pathogenic in man.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
superclass within thesubphylum Sarcomastigophora — manyunicellular heterotrophic protozoans . - proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Mastigophoraceae — a group ofliverworts .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun protozoa having flagella
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Examples
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The next class which may be known as the whip-bearers (_Mastigophora_) includes those Protozoa that move by fine undulating processes called flagella.
Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Rennie Wilbur Doane
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Flagellated forms are also found in similar localities, but on the Surface of the sea as well; hence the number described in these pages is probably only a small proportion of the total number of Mastigophora in this region.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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Mastigophora in that division is transverse instead of longitudinal.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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