DINOFLAGELLATE


Meaning of DINOFLAGELLATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌdī-nō-ˈfla-jə-lət, -ˌlāt; -flə-ˈje-lət ]

noun

Etymology: ultimately from Greek dinos rotation, eddy + New Latin flagellum

Date: 1889

: any of an order (Dinoflagellata) of chiefly marine planktonic usually solitary unicellular phytoflagellates that include luminescent forms, forms important in marine food chains, and forms causing red tide

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