flagellate protozoan
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Noun | 1. | ![]() protozoan, protozoon - any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic dinoflagellate - chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton genus Leishmania, Leishmania - flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis zooflagellate, zoomastigote - flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics hypermastigote - flagellate symbiotic in the intestines of e.g. termites polymastigote - flagellates with several flagella costia, Costia necatrix - a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis giardia - a suspected cause of diarrhea in humans trichomonad - cause of trichomoniasis in women and cattle and birds |
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