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zooflagellate

noun
zoo·​flagellate | \¦zōə+\

Definition of zooflagellate 

: a member of the Zoomastigina : a flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plantlike characteristics — compare plantlike flagellate

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zo- + flagellate

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