Meanings
nounamoeboflagellate (plural amoeboflagellates)
plural amoeboflagellates
- Any small, colourless protist of the phylum Amoeboflagellata (now called Schizopyrenida)
Origin
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: amoebo- + flagellate.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Portuguese ameboflagelado
- ameboflageladoany small, colourless protist of the phylum Amoeboflagellata
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amoeboflagellate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amoeboflagellate
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