Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various single-celled freshwater organisms of the genus Euglena, characterized by the presence of chlorophyll, a reddish eyespot, a single long anterior flagellum, and a second, rudimentary flagellum.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of infusorians of the family Euglenidæ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology Any of several
protists , of the genus Euglena, that containchloroplasts and a singleflagellum
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun minute single-celled green freshwater organism having a single flagella; often classed as algae
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Close to the middle of the front of the euglena is a long skinny whip like structure called the flagellum which comes out of the organ called the mouth.
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The euglena is a protist and is one of the longer looking cells.
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The euglena is a protist and is one of the longer looking cells.
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The euglena is a protist and is one of the longer looking cells.
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For example purposeful behavior surely occurred in unicellular eukaryotic ancestors of modern organisms like paramecia and euglena who perform rather complex adaptive movements.
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A giant rotating model of a euglena, a single-celled organism with a flagellum, also resides outside the center.
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You can see the giant euglena in the background of this picture.
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You can see the giant euglena in the background of this picture.
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You can see the giant euglena in the background of this picture.
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Bir dev bir euglena, bir tek hücreli organizma modeli dönen bir kamçı da merkez dışında bulunur.
treeseed commented on the word euglena
My 10th grade Biology teacher, Mr. Miranda, loved euglenas...and so I've remembered them after all these years...now that's a good teacher.
February 4, 2008