dinoflagellate

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  1. noun Any of numerous minute, chiefly marine protozoans of the order Dinoflagellata, characteristically having two flagella and a cellulose covering and forming one of the chief constituents of plankton. They include bioluminescent forms and forms that produce red tide.

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  • The dominant species in the red tide was a type of dinoflagellate known by the scientific name Akashiwo sanguinea, which has caused red tides in the past without harmful effects on wildlife. —  UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World
  • These newly revealed elements support the idea of a contamination mechanism which differs significantly from that caused by dinoflagellate algae even though certain neurological symptoms, such as sensation inversion, are identical. —  innovations-report
  • He has reviewed the two molecular biology techniques that are most commonly used to detect harmful algae, with the putatively toxic dinoflagellate Pfiesteria piscicida as a case study. —  dailyindia.com News Feed
  • I suggest you try to evolve to dinoflagellate or maybe jellyfish. —  Think Progress
  • The chlorosulpholipid being studied probably originates from a dinoflagellate, a tiny algal species.
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  1. From New Latin Dīnoflagellāta, class name : Greek dīnos, whirling (from dīnein, to whirl) + Latin flagellum, flagellum; see flagellum.

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  1. from New Latin dinoflagellatus, from Greek δῖνος, a whirling, a round area, + New Latin flagellum: see flagellum.
 

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/dɪnəˈflædʒɛleɪt/
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