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noun
Any aquatic flagellate alga of the phylum Euglenozoa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: euglenoid, euglenid
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: alga, algae
History
Euglena + -phyte (“plant”), from Ancient Greek εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + γλήνη (glḗnē, “eye”).
