mastigophoran

mas·ti·goph·o·ran

M0144400 (măs′tĭ-gŏf′ər-ən)n. Any of various protozoans possessing one or more flagella.

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[From New Latin Mastīgophora, former class name : Greek mastīx, mastīg-, whip + New Latin -phora (from Greek, neuter pl. of -phoros, -phore).]

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mas′ti·goph′o·ran adj.

mastigophoran

(ˌmæstɪˈɡɒfərən) n (Animals) any protozoan having one or more flagellaadj (Zoology) Also: flagellate of or relating to flagellated protozoans[C19 mastigophore whip-bearer, from Greek mastigophoros, from mastix whip + -phoros -phore]

mas•ti•goph•o•ran

(ˌmæs tɪˈgɒf ər ən)

n. any protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora, comprising free-living, often disease-causing flagellates. [1905–10; < New Latin Mastigophor(a) (< Greek, neuter pl of mastīgophóros whip-bearing]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.mastigophoran - a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animalsflagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoreprotozoan, protozoon - any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosyntheticclass Flagellata, class Mastigophora, Flagellata, Mastigophora - protozoa having flagelladinoflagellate - chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of planktongenus Leishmania, Leishmania - flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasiszooflagellate, zoomastigote - flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristicshypermastigote - flagellate symbiotic in the intestines of e.g. termitespolymastigote - flagellates with several flagellacostia, Costia necatrix - a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasisgiardia - a suspected cause of diarrhea in humanstrichomonad - cause of trichomoniasis in women and cattle and birds