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Mastigophore

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora (a nematocyst that has a tube that extends beyond its hempe)
  2. 2
    a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals wordnet
  3. 3
    In Ancient Greece, an official who carried a whip

Etymology

By surface analysis, mastigo- + -phore.

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