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dinoflagellate

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -ɛlət

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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noun

Meaning 2

chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore

Narrower terms: noctiluca, Noctiluca miliaris, peridinian

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: panssarilevä — any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata
  • Galician: dinoflaxelado — any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata
  • Greek: δινοφύκος (dinofýkos) — any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata
  • Greek: δινομαστιγωτά (dinomastigotá) — any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata
  • Italian: dinoflagellata — any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata
  • Japanese: 渦鞭毛藻 (uzubenmōmo) — any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata
  • Portuguese: dinoflagelado — any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata
  • Spanish: dinoflagelado — any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata
  • Turkish: ateşrengi alg — any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata