flagellate protozoan

Definitions of flagellate protozoan

1. noun

   a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
   synonyms: flagellate, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore

   types:

   dinoflagellate

   chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton

   Leishmania, genus Leishmania

   flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis

   zooflagellate, zoomastigote

   flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics

   hypermastigote

   flagellate symbiotic in the intestines of e.g. termites

   polymastigote

   flagellates with several flagella

   Costia necatrix, costia

   a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis

   giardia

   a suspected cause of diarrhea in humans

   trichomonad

   cause of trichomoniasis in women and cattle and birds

   Noctiluca miliaris, noctiluca

   large bioluminescent marine protozoan

   peridinian

   flagellate with a thick test composed of plates

   type of:

   protozoan, protozoon

   any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic