dinoflagellate

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noun

Any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata, which have two flagella.

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Meanings

noundinoflagellate (plural dinoflagellates)

plural dinoflagellates · alternative dinoflagelate

  1. Any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata, which have two flagella.

    Noctiluna scintillans, a tiny marine dinoflagellate, glows in the dark thanks to thousands of bioluminescent spherical organelles in its cytoplasm; gathered in millions, it can illuminate the whole sea at night.

    2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 31

Origin

  1. translingualDinoflagellata
  2. Englishdinoflagellate

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

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Translations

Finnish panssarilevä
  • panssarileväany of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata
Greek δινοφύκος, δινομαστιγωτά
  • δινοφύκος (dinofýkos)any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata
  • δινομαστιγωτά (dinomastigotá)any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata
Italian dinoflagellata
  • dinoflagellataany of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata
Japanese 渦鞭毛藻
  • 渦鞭毛藻 (uzubenmōmo)any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata
Portuguese dinoflagelado
  • dinoflageladoany of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata
Spanish dinoflagelado
  • dinoflageladoany of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata
Turkish ateşrengi alg
  • ateşrengi algany of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with dinoflagellate

appellatezealotprelatestellateflagellatebiflagellateflabellatehelotlamellatepatellatephytoflagellatescutellatesubstellate
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Anagrams

deflagellation
Cite this entry
APA

dinoflagellate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dinoflagellate

MLA

“dinoflagellate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dinoflagellate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dinoflagellate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dinoflagellate.

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