mastigophorous

Variant of mastigophoran

mastigophoran definition

mas·ti·gopho·ran (mas′ti gäf′ə rən)

noun

any of a subphylum (Mastigophora) of protozoans, sometimes parasitic, having flagella: certain classes, as dinoflagellates, are also classified as algae by botanists

Etymology: < ModL Mastigophora (< Gr mastix, gen. mastigos, a whip + ModL -phora, fem. of -phorus: see -phore) + -an

adjective

of or relating to the mastigophorans

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