ZOOMASTIGINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Zoomastigina mean? 

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

1. in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; holozoic or saprozoic flagellates

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZOOMASTIGINA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; holozoic or saprozoic flagellates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

subclass Zoomastigina; Zoomastigina

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

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Zoomastigina"):

zooflagellate; zoomastigote (flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics)

Hypermastigina; order Hypermastigina (cellulose-producing flagellates)

order Polymastigina; Polymastigina (small usually parasitic flagellates)

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

class Flagellata; class Mastigophora; Flagellata; Mastigophora (protozoa having flagella)