mastigophoran

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mastigophoran - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mastigophoran
      n 1: a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with
           whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other
           animals [syn: flagellate, flagellate protozoan,
           flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore]