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hypermastigote

hypermastigote noun: any of a group of complex, uninucleate, multiflagellate organisms that are parasitic or symbiotic in the digestive systems of termites and some other insects.

Noun

hypermastigote (plural hypermastigotes)

  1. Any of a group of complex, uninucleate, multiflagellate organisms that are parasitic or symbiotic in the digestive systems of termites and some other insects.

Forms of hypermastigote

pluralhypermastigotes

Questions about hypermastigote

What does hypermastigote mean?
Hypermastigote means any of a group of complex, uninucleate, multiflagellate organisms that are parasitic or symbiotic in the digestive systems of termites and some other insects.
What part of speech is hypermastigote?
Hypermastigote is a noun.
What is the plural of hypermastigote?
The plural of hypermastigote is hypermastigotes.

Words near hypermastigote in the dictionary

  1. hypermassivenesses
  2. hypermastia
  3. hypermastias
  4. hypermastigid
  5. hypermastigids
  6. hypermastigote
  7. hypermastigotes
  8. hypermaterialism
  9. hypermaterialistic
  10. hypermatrices
  11. hypermatrix

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