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    ZOOFLAGELLATE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristicsplay

    Synonyms:

    zooflagellate; zoomastigote

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

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

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