flagellate
101choanoflagellate — /koh euh noh flaj euh layt /, n. Zool. any flagellate of the genera Monosiga and Proterospongia, having a protoplasmic collar encircling the base of the flagellum. [1895 1900; < NL Choanoflagellata name of the order. See CHOANOCYTE, FLAGELLATA] * …
102hemoflagellate — /hee meuh flaj euh layt , hem euh /, n. a flagellate protozoan, esp. of the genera Trypanosoma and Leishmania, that is parasitic in the blood. [1905 10; HEMO + FLAGELLATE] * * * …
103leishmania — leishmanial, leishmanic /leesh man ik, luysh /, leishmanioid, adj. /leesh man ee euh, may nee euh, luysh /, n. any parasitic flagellate protozoan of the genus Leishmania, occurring in vertebrates in an oval or spherical, nonflagellate form, and… …
104leishmaniasis — /leesh meuh nuy euh sis, luysh /, n. Pathol. any infection caused by a protozoan of the genus Leishmania. Also, leishmaniosis /leesh man ee oh sis, may nee , luysh /. Cf. kala azar. [1910 15; LEISHMAN(IA) + IASIS] * * * Human protozoal infection… …
105protist — protistan /proh tis teuhn/, adj., n. protistic, adj. /proh tist/, n. any of various one celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and… …
106zooflagellate — /zoh euh flaj euh lit, layt /, n. any flagellated protozoan that lacks photosynthetic pigment and feeds on organic matter: often parasitic. [1955 60; ZOO + FLAGELLATE] * * * ▪ protozoan any flagellate protozoan that is traditionally of the… …
107Precambrian time — Interval of geologic time from с 3. 8 billion years ago, the age of the oldest known rocks, to 544 million years ago, the beginning of the Cambrian Period. This interval represents more than 80% of the geologic record and thus provides important… …
108helioflagellate — Any of a class of freshwater protozoans. They are sometimes considered relatives of heliozoans (organisms that for movement have extensions of cytoplasm called pseudopodia, but no flagella) because of their slender, radiating pseudopodia. The… …
109rhizomastigote — ▪ protozoan order any member of the flagellate protozoan order Rhizomastigida, with features similar to both flagellates and sarcodines (protozoans having pseudopodia). Members are permanently amoeboid and may have from 1 to 50 flagella.… …
110axostyle — An elongate supporting rod or tubule that runs the length of certain flagellate protozoans, frequently projecting out of the posterior end. Single or multiple, filamentous or rigid, they vary with the species but serve as an endoskeletal… …
