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Mastigophoran

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any member of superclass Mastigophora of protozoa.
  2. 2
    a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals wordnet
  3. 3
    Any member of the genus Mastigophora of liverworts.

Etymology

By surface analysis, mastigo- + -phore + -an.

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