-ˈjīnə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from zo- + mastig- + -ina
: a subclass of Mastigophora that comprises holozoic or saprozoic flagellates lacking chromatophores and stigma and that includes the orders Hypermastigina, Polymastigina, Protomonadina, and Rhizomastigina — compare phytomastigina