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uniflagellate

uniflagellate adjective: having only one flagellum.

Adjective

uniflagellate (not comparable)

  1. Having only one flagellum.
    • The zoospores are posteriorly uniflagellate and possess a prominent nuclear cap made up of a mass of ribonucleic acid.1989, O.P. Sharma, Textbook of Fungi, page 70
    Synonyms:
    uniflagellar

Synonyms of uniflagellate

Origin of uniflagellate

From uni- + flagellate.

Words formed from uniflagellate

Questions about uniflagellate

What does uniflagellate mean?
Uniflagellate means having only one flagellum.
What part of speech is uniflagellate?
Uniflagellate is an adjective.

Words near uniflagellate in the dictionary

  1. UNIFIL
  2. unifilar
  3. unifilarly
  4. unifiliar
  5. uniflagellar
  6. uniflagellate
  7. uniflagellated
  8. unifloral
  9. uniflorate
  10. uniflorous
  11. uniflory

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