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dinoflagellate

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Dinoflagellata (phylum name), equivalent to dino- + flagellate.

  1. borrowed from Dinoflagellata

Definitions

  1. Any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata, which have two flagella.

    • Noctiluna scintillans, a tiny marine dinoflagellate, glows in the dark thanks to thousands of bioluminescent spherical organelles in its cytoplasm; gathered in millions, it can illuminate the whole sea at night.

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