mastigophore

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noun

Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora (a nematocyst that has a tube that extends beyond its hempe)

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mastigophoranflagellateflagellate protozoanflagellated protozoan
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Meanings

nounmastigophore (plural mastigophores)

plural mastigophores

  1. Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora (a nematocyst that has a tube that extends beyond its hempe)
  2. In Ancient Greece, an official who carried a whip

Synonyms & antonyms

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mastigophoran

nouna usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals

Similar
flagellateflagellate protozoanflagellated protozoanmastigophoran
Broader
protozoanprotozoon
Also see
flagellatemastigophoran

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

By surface analysis, mastigo- + -phore.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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