dinoflagellate en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Dinoflagellata (phylum name), equivalent to dino- + flagellate.
Meanings
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Any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata, which have two flagella.
Noctiluna scintillans, a tiny marine dinoflagellate, glows in the dark thanks to thousands of bioluminescent spherical organelles in its cytoplasm; gathered in millions, it can illuminate the whole sea at night.
2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 31:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dinoflagellates | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| dinoflagelate | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nanodinoflagellate · nondinoflagellate
Translations (9)
es dinoflagelado (any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata) · it dinoflagellata (any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata) · fi panssarilevä (any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata) · el δινοφύκος (any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata) · pt dinoflagelado (any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata) · gl dinoflaxelado (any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata) · el δινομαστιγωτά (any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata) · tr ateşrengi alg (any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata) · ja 渦鞭毛藻 (any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata)