kinetoplast

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(ki net′ə plast′, -nēt′-)

noun

a cytoplasmic structure lying at the base of the flagellum in many flagellated protists

Origin: kineto- + -plast

See kinetoplast in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
An independently replicating structure lying near the base of the flagellum in certain protozoans.

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