Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various single-celled aquatic organisms of the phylum (or division) Euglenophyta, characterized by a grooved cell surface, a reddish eyespot, and undulating movement by means of flagella.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Resembling Euglena.
  • Of the form of or resembling infusorians of the family Euglenidæ; especially, becoming encysted and sporulating like the Euglenidæ; exhibiting the movements during the process of reproduction which characterize species of Euglena.
  • Of or pertaining to the Euglenoidea.
  • noun A sporozoan, as a gregarine, in the euglenoid state.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin Euglēna, genus typical of the taxon; see euglena + –oid.]

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Examples

  • Zimba and his colleagues have since confirmed 11 additional occasions in which euglenoid algae have caused fish to die in aquaculture ponds.

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  • Peranema - Peranema is a colorless euglenoid with two flagella, although only one is usually visible through the microscope.

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  • Euglena is one of the euglenoid genera that contain chlorophyll, allowing them to create their own food through photosynthesis.

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  • Peranema - Peranema is a colorless euglenoid with two flagella, although only one is usually visible through the microscope.

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  • Euglena is one of the euglenoid genera that contain chlorophyll, allowing them to create their own food through photosynthesis.

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