Etymology

dinoflagellate

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Today it means: Any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata, which have two flagella. Full definition →

translingual Dinoflagellata
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  1. translingual · borrowed fromDinoflagellata
  2. English todaydinoflagellate

Borrowed from translingual Dinoflagellata (phylum name), equivalent to dino- + flagellate.

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