Dinoflagellata

See also: dinoflagellata

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek δῖνος (dînos, “whirling, rotation”) + Latin flagellum.

Proper noun

Dinoflagellata

  1. A taxonomic superclass within the phylum Miozoa – many protists, with two dissimilar flagella and nuclei unlike those of other eukaryotes, lacking histones and nucleosomes.

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