opisthomastigotes

A form of opisthomastigote — A stage in unicellular life-cycle, typically trypanosomes, where the flagellum is posterior of the nucleus, and passes through a groove in the cell body.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of opisthomastigote
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