mastigophoran

mastigophoran
/mas'ti gof"euhr euhn/, n.
1. Also, mastigophore /mas"ti geuh fawr', -fohr'/. a protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora.
adj.
2. belonging or pertaining to the Mastigophora.
[1905-10; MASTIGOPHOR(A) + -AN]

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