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mastigophores

mastigophores is the plural of mastigophore.

Meaning of mastigophore

Noun

mastigophore (plural mastigophores)

  1. Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora (a nematocyst that has a tube that extends beyond its hempe)
  2. In Ancient Greece, an official who carried a whip

Questions about mastigophores

What is mastigophores the plural of?
Mastigophores is the plural of mastigophore.

Words near mastigophores in the dictionary

  1. mastigophobia
  2. mastigophobias
  3. mastigophoran
  4. mastigophorans
  5. mastigophore
  6. mastigophores
  7. mastigophoric
  8. mastigophorous
  9. mastigopod
  10. mastigopods
  11. mastigote

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