Meaning Of The Word Dinoflagellate

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Dinoflagellate Meaning

Dinoflagellate Definition
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What's The Definition Of Dinoflagellate?

dinoflagellate in American English
any of a class (Dinophyceae) of single-celled algae (division Chromophycota), mainly marine and often with a cellulose shell: some species are luminescent, and some cause the red tides that are extremely toxic to marine life: also classified in a class (D
noun: any of numerous chiefly marine plankton of the phylum Pyrrophyta (or, in some classification schemes, the order Dinoflagellata), usually having two flagella, one in a groove around the body and the other extending from its center

dinoflagellate in British English
adjective: of or relating to dinoflagellates
noun: any of a group of unicellular biflagellate aquatic organisms forming a constituent of plankton: now usually classified as a phylum of protoctists (Dinoflagellata)

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