DINOFLAGELLATE

Meaning of DINOFLAGELLATE in English

adjective or noun

see dinoflagellata

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

DINOFLAGELLATE — noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek dinos rotation, eddy + New Latin flagellum Date: 1889 any of an order (Dinoflagellata) of …
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DINOFLAGELLATE — Any of numerous one-celled, aquatic organisms that have two dissimilar flagella and characteristics of both plants ( algae ) and …
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DINOFLAGELLATE — /din'euh flaj"euh layt'/ , n. any of numerous chiefly marine plankton of the phylum Pyrrophyta (or, in some classification schemes, …
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DINOFLAGELLATE — noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek dinos rotation, eddy + New Latin flagellum Date: 1889 : any of an order (Dinoflagellata) …
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DINOFLAGELLATE — [ ˌdʌɪnə(ʊ)'fladʒəleɪt ] ■ noun Biology a single-celled aquatic organism with two flagella, occurring in large numbers in marine plankton. …
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DINOFLAGELLATE — [di.no.fla.gel.late] n [ultim. fr. Gk dinos rotation, eddy + NL flagellum] (1889): any of an order (Dinoflagellata) of chiefly marine …
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DINOFLAGELLATE — any of numerous one-celled, aquatic organisms bearing two dissimilar flagellae and having characteristics of both plants and animals. Most are …
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DINOFLAGELLATE — dinoflagellate BrE AmE ˌdaɪn əʊ ˈflædʒ ə leɪt -ˈ•ɪ-; - ə l ət, -ɪt AmE \ ˌ•oʊ- ▷ dinoflagellate|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DINOFLAGELLATE — n. Any of numerous one-celled, aquatic organisms that have two dissimilar flagella and characteristics of both plants ( algae ) …
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DINOFLAGELLATE — Динофлагелляты
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
DINOFLAGELLATE — n. Pronunciation: ˌ d ī -n ō - ' fla-j ə -l ə t, - ˌ l ā t; -fl …
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WATER BLOOM — Dense aquatic accumulation of microscopic organisms produced by an abundance of nutrients in surface water coupled with adequate sunlight for …
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TOXIN — Any substance poisonous to an organism; often restricted to poison s produced by living organisms. In addition to those from …
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PROTOZOAN — Any of a group of small (usually microscopic) single-celled protist s. They are found in most soils, fresh water, and …
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PHYTOPLANKTON — Flora of freely floating, often minute organisms that drift with water currents. Like land vegetation, phytoplankton uses carbon dioxide, releases …
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CERATIUM — Genus of one-celled aquatic protist s. Members are dinoflagellate s with both plant and animal characteristics. The cell is flattened …
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PERIDINIAN — I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|dinēən adjective or peri·din·i·al -inēəl Etymology: New Latin Peridinium + English -an or -al : of or relating to …
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CIGUATOXIN — ¦sēgwə¦täksə̇n, ¦sig- noun Etymology: cigua tera + toxin : a potent heat-stable lipid neurotoxin that is produced by a marine …
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HYPOVALVE — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ˌ- noun Etymology: hypo- + valve 1. : one half of the shell of a dinoflagellate 2. : the hypotheca …
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SAXITOXIN — /sak'si tok"sin/ , n. a powerful neurotoxin, C 10 H 17 N 7 O 4 , produced by the dinoflagellate …
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NOCTILUCA — — noctilucan , adj. /nok'teuh looh"keuh/ , n. , pl. noctilucae /-see/ . a dinoflagellate of the genus Noctiluca, capable …
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GYMNODINIUM — /jim'neuh din"ee euhm/ , n. , pl. gymnodinia /-din"ee euh/ . any marine or freshwater dinoflagellate of the genus Gymnodinium, …
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GONYAULAX — /goh'nee aw"laks/ , n. any marine dinoflagellate of the genus Gonyaulax, sometimes occurring in great numbers and causing red tide. …
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NOCTILUCA — [ ˌnɒktɪ'lu:kə ] ■ noun ( plural ~e -ki: ) a roughly spherical phosphorescent marine dinoflagellate. [Genus Noctiluca .] Origin …
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CIGUATERA — [ ˌsɪgwə'tɛ:rə ] ■ noun poisoning caused by eating tropical marine fish that carry a toxic dinoflagellate. Origin C19: from …
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WATER BLOOM — also called Marine Bloom, dense aquatic population of microscopic organisms produced by an abundance of nutrient salts in surface water, …
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PHYTOFLAGELLATE — (class Phytomastigophorea in many traditional classifications), any of several flagellate protozoans that have many characteristics in common with typical algae, …
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MARINE PHOSPHORESCENCE — heatless light generated chemically by marine plants and animals. Bioluminescence is exhibited by a wide variety of oceanic organisms, from …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1996: LIFE-SCIENCES — BOTANY The publication in June of Botany for the Next Millennium by the Botanical Society of America (BSA) was a …
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GYMNODINIUM — genus of marine or freshwater organisms called dinoflagellates. Members of the genus are bilaterally symmetrical with a delicate pellicle (or …
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CERATIUM — genus of single-celled aquatic organisms common in fresh water and salt water from the Arctic to the tropics. Its members …
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WATER BLOOM — Dense aquatic accumulation of microscopic organisms produced by an abundance of nutrients in surface water coupled with adequate sunlight for …
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