dinoflagellate

English

Alternative forms

• dinoflagelate

Etymology

From Dinoflagellata (phylum name).

Noun

dinoflagellate (plural dinoflagellates)

1. Any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata, which have two flagella.
   • 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, 2013 edition, Granta Books, 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.

Translations

any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata

• Galician: dinoflaxelado m
• Portuguese: dinoflagelado m
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• Spanish: dinoflagelado (es) m

Anagrams

• deflagellation

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Italian

Noun

dinoflagellate f

1. plural of dinoflagellata