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 Meaning of MASTIGOPHORAN
| Pronunciation: |  | `mastu'gâfurun 
 
 |  |  WordNet Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | [n]  usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some pathogens of humans and other animals |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophore |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | class Flagellata, class Mastigophora, costia, Costia necatrix, dinoflagellate, Flagellata, genus Leishmania, giardia, hypermastigote, Leishmania, Mastigophora, polymastigote, protozoan, protozoon, trichomonad, zooflagellate, zoomastigote |  |     |    |  |