ZOOFLAGELLATE

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Meaning:

Flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics

Synonyms:

zooflagellate; zoomastigote

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("zooflagellate" is a kind of...):

flagellate; flagellate protozoan; flagellated protozoan; mastigophoran; mastigophore (a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals)

Holonyms ("zooflagellate" is a member of...):

subclass Zoomastigina; Zoomastigina (in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; holozoic or saprozoic flagellates)

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