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zooflagellate

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zo·o·flag·el·late  (z-flj-lt, -lt)
n.
A flagellated protist that ingests food and lacks chlorophyll.
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Noun1.zooflagellate - flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics
zoomastigote
flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore - a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
subclass Zoomastigina, Zoomastigina - in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; holozoic or saprozoic flagellates
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