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mastigopod

mastigopod noun: a member of the Mastigopoda (protozoans which possess cilia or flagella).

Noun

mastigopod (plural mastigopods)

  1. (obsolete) A member of the Mastigopoda (protozoans which possess cilia or flagella).
    • After swimming about for a while, these mastigopods draw in their flagella, and become creeping myxopods.1888, Thomas Henry Huxley, A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals, page 77

Forms of mastigopod

pluralmastigopods

Origin of mastigopod

By surface analysis, mastigo- + -pod.

Questions about mastigopod

What does mastigopod mean?
Mastigopod means a member of the Mastigopoda (protozoans which possess cilia or flagella).
What part of speech is mastigopod?
Mastigopod is a noun.
What is the plural of mastigopod?
The plural of mastigopod is mastigopods.

Words near mastigopod in the dictionary

  1. mastigophorans
  2. mastigophore
  3. mastigophores
  4. mastigophoric
  5. mastigophorous
  6. mastigopod
  7. mastigopods
  8. mastigote
  9. mastigotes
  10. mastigoteuthid
  11. mastigoteuthids

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