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mastigophoran
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Noun mastigophoran has 1 sense
- mastigophoran(n = noun.animal) flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophore - a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals; Array is a kind of protozoan, protozoon
is a member of class flagellata, class mastigophora, flagellata, mastigophora
has particulars: dinoflagellate, genus leishmania, leishmania, zooflagellate, zoomastigote, hypermastigote, polymastigote, costia, costia necatrix, giardia, trichomonad
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