dinoflagellate

English

Alternative forms

dinoflagelate

Etymology

From Dinoflagellata (phylum name).

Noun

dinoflagellate (plural dinoflagellates)

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

Spanish: dinoflagelado (es) m

Anagrams

deflagellation

Italian

Noun

dinoflagellate f

plural of dinoflagellata

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