ZOOMASTIGOTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does zoomastigote mean? 

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

1. flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZOOMASTIGOTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

zooflagellate; zoomastigote

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

subclass Zoomastigina; Zoomastigina (in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; holozoic or saprozoic flagellates)