mastigophore

Thesaurus

Noun

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mastigophore - a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animalsflagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoranprotozoan, 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