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dinoflagellates

dinoflagellates is the plural 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

Questions about dinoflagellates

What is dinoflagellates the plural of?
Dinoflagellates is the plural of dinoflagellate.

Words near dinoflagellates in the dictionary

  1. dinocyst
  2. dinocysts
  3. dinoflagelate
  4. dinoflagelates
  5. dinoflagellate
  6. dinoflagellates
  7. Dinoga
  8. dinoi
  9. dinojuice
  10. dinokaryon
  11. dinokaryons

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