dinoflagellate
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Etymology
From Dinoflagellata (phylum name), equivalent to dino- + flagellate.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛlət
Noun
dinoflagellate (plural dinoflagellates)
- Any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata, which have two flagella.
- 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 31:
- Noctiluna scintillans, a tiny marine dinoflagellate, glows in the dark thanks to thousands of bioluminescent spherical organelles in its cytoplasm; gathered in millions, it can illuminate the whole sea at night.
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Translations
any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata
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