dinoflagellate
English Thesaurus
1. chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore, |
| definition | : | a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | noctiluca, noctiluca miliaris, |
| definition | : | large bioluminescent marine protozoan (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | peridinian, |
| definition | : | flagellate with a thick test composed of plates (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | cilioflagellata, dinoflagellata, order cilioflagellata, order dinoflagellata, |
| definition | : | in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta (noun.animal) |
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