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dinoflagelate

dinoflagelate is the alternative spelling of dinoflagellate.

Meaning of dinoflagellate

Noun

dinoflagellate (plural dinoflagellates)

  1. Any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata, which have two flagella.
    • 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.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 31

Forms of dinoflagelate

pluraldinoflagelates

Questions about dinoflagelate

What is dinoflagelate the alternative spelling of?
Dinoflagelate is the alternative spelling of dinoflagellate.

Words near dinoflagelate in the dictionary

  1. dinoceratan
  2. dinoceratans
  3. dinocton
  4. dinocyst
  5. dinocysts
  6. dinoflagelate
  7. dinoflagelates
  8. dinoflagellate
  9. dinoflagellates
  10. Dinoga
  11. dinoi

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