- mastigophorans
- 'mæstɪ'gɑfrən /-'gɒf- n. one celled organisms in the flagellate family (Zoology)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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Mastigophora — The flagellates, a subphylum of Protozoa having one or more locomotory flagella, a single vesicular nucleus, and symmetric binary fission; sexual reproduction is unknown in many groups ( e.g., Volvox … Medical dictionary
mastigont system — an ultrastructural complex characteristic of mastigophorans, comprising all of the organelles associated with the flagella, including basal bodies, axostyle, and Golgi body; it may or may not be associated with a nucleus (see also karyomastigont… … Medical dictionary
mastigophoran — [mas΄ti gäf′ə rən] n. [< ModL Mastigophora (< Gr mastix, gen. mastigos, a whip + ModL phora, fem. of phorus: see PHORE) + AN] any of a subphylum (Mastigophora) of protozoans, sometimes parasitic, having flagella: certain classes, as… … English World dictionary
mas|ti|goph|o|ran — «MAS tuh GOF uhr uhn», noun, adjective. –n. any one of the class of protistans comprising the flagellates, and consisting chiefly of protozoans. –adj. of or having to do with the mastigophorans. ╂[< New Latin Mastigophora the class name <… … Useful english dictionary
