Flagellata

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Flagellata - protozoa having flagella class Flagellata, class Mastigophora, Mastigophoraphylum Protozoa, Protozoa - in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifersflagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore - a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animalsCilioflagellata, Dinoflagellata, order Cilioflagellata, order Dinoflagellata - in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophytasubclass Zoomastigina, Zoomastigina - in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; holozoic or saprozoic flagellatesPhytomastigina, subclass Phytomastigina - plantlike flagellates containing chlorophyll; often considered unicellular algaeclass - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders