phytoflagellaten.adj.
/ˌfʌɪtəʊˈfladʒᵻlət/, /ˌfʌɪtəʊˈfladʒl̩ət/, U.S. /ˌfaɪdoʊˈflædʒələt/ (also in sense B.)Brit. /ˌfʌɪtəʊˈfladʒᵻleɪt/, /ˌfʌɪtəʊˈfladʒl̩eɪt/, U.S. /ˌfaɪdoʊˈflædʒəˌleɪt/ Biology.
A. n.
A flagellate (protist) belonging to any of several groups of unicellular organisms whose members typically possess one or more flagella and have chromatophores which permit photosynthesis; a plantlike flagellate. Cf. zooflagellate n.
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microzyme1870
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zymad1885
pathogerm1897
phytoflagellate1902
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phytopathogen1918
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1902 Science 19 Dec. 982/1 ‘Die Coccolithophoridæ.’ A morphological, and systematic paper by Dr. K. Lohmann on these little-known phytoflagellates.
1947 Palestine Jrnl. Bot. 4 14 Prymnesium parvum Carter is a phytoflagellate belonging to the order of the Chrysomonadales, differing from other members of this order in the presence of an immobile spine-like third flagellum, a feature unique among phytoflagellates.
1957 New Biol. 23 93 This phytoflagellate [sc.Prymnesium parvum] was first blamed for mass fish mortality in Holland and later in Denmark.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of phytoflagellates.
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1994 E. E. Ruppert & R. D. Barnes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 6) ii. 27/2 Different phytoflagellate groups are characterized by different combinations of chlorophyll types and accessory pigments.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1902