dinoflagellate

English

Alternative forms

• dinoflagelate

Etymology

From Dinoflagellata (phylum name), equivalent to dino- +‎ flagellate.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlət

Noun

dinoflagellate (plural dinoflagellates)

1. Any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata, which have two flagella.
   • 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 31:

     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.

Derived terms

• nanodinoflagellate
• nondinoflagellate

Translations

any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata

• Finnish: panssarilevä (fi)
• Galician: dinoflaxelado m
• Portuguese: dinoflagelado m
• Spanish: dinoflagelado (es) m
• Turkish: ateşrengi alg

Anagrams

• deflagellation

Italian

Noun

dinoflagellate f

1. plural of dinoflagellata