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    MASTIGOPHORA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Protozoa having flagellaplay

    Synonyms:

    class Flagellata; class Mastigophora; Flagellata; Mastigophora

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Mastigophora" is a kind of...):

    class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

    Meronyms (members of "Mastigophora"):

    flagellate; flagellate protozoan; flagellated protozoan; mastigophoran; mastigophore (a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals)

    Cilioflagellata; Dinoflagellata; order Cilioflagellata; order Dinoflagellata (in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta)

    subclass Zoomastigina; Zoomastigina (in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; holozoic or saprozoic flagellates)

    Phytomastigina; subclass Phytomastigina (plantlike flagellates containing chlorophyll; often considered unicellular algae)

    Holonyms ("Mastigophora" is a member of...):

    phylum Protozoa; Protozoa (in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers)

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