SINCE 1828
Mastigophora
noun plural
Mas·ti·goph·ora
| \ ˌmas-tə-ˈgäf-ə-rə
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Medical Definition of Mastigophora
in former classifications
: a subphylum of protozoans comprising forms typically having one or more flagella and reproducing asexually usually by binary fission
Other Words from Mastigophora
mastigophoran
\ -rən
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adjective or noun
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adjective or noun
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