flagellated protozoan
Noun
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A usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages;
Some are pathogens of humans and other animals (synset 101419226)is a type of: protozoan, protozoon - any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosyntheticsubtypes:- dinoflagellate - chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton
- genus leishmania, 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, costia necatrix - 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
belongs to: class flagellata, class mastigophora, flagellata, mastigophora - protozoa having flagella
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