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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 contain chloroplasts and a single flagellum

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

[New Latin Euglēna : Greek eu-, eu- + Greek glēnē, eyeball.]

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  • 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