HYPERMASTIGOTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypermastigote mean? 

• HYPERMASTIGOTE (noun)
  The noun HYPERMASTIGOTE has 1 sense:

1. flagellate symbiotic in the intestines of e.g. termites

  Familiarity information: HYPERMASTIGOTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPERMASTIGOTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flagellate symbiotic in the intestines of e.g. termites

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hypermastigote" 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 ("hypermastigote" is a member of...):

Hypermastigina; order Hypermastigina (cellulose-producing flagellates)