flagellate vs mastigophoran what difference

what is difference between flagellate and mastigophoran

English

Etymology

Latin flagellum (“whip”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlət

Verb

flagellate (third-person singular simple present flagellates, present participle flagellating, simple past and past participle flagellated)

1. (transitive) To whip or scourge.

Related terms

• biflagellate
• flagellation
• triflagellate

Translations

Adjective

flagellate (comparative more flagellate, superlative most flagellate)

1. Resembling a whip.
2. (biology) Having flagella.

Related terms

• flagellum

Translations

Noun

flagellate (plural flagellates)

1. (biology) Any organism that has flagella.

Translations

Italian

Verb

flagellate

1. inflection of flagellare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative
2. feminine plural of flagellato

Latin

Verb

flagellāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of flagellō

English

Noun

mastigophoran (plural mastigophorans)

1. (zoology) Any member of superclass Mastigophora of protozoa.

   Synonym: mastigophore

2. (botany) Any member of the genus Mastigophora of liverworts.

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