mastigophore

1. 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 nonphotosynthetic
   subtypes:

   • 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
   same as: flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran

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