hypermastigote

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noun

Any of a group of complex, uninucleate, multiflagellate organisms that are parasitic or symbiotic in the digestive systems of termites and some other insects.

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Meanings

nounhypermastigote (plural hypermastigotes)

plural hypermastigotes

  1. Any of a group of complex, uninucleate, multiflagellate organisms that are parasitic or symbiotic in the digestive systems of termites and some other insects.
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