Definition of Genus Euglena

1. Noun. Type genus of the family Euglenaceae: green algae with a single flagellum.

Generic synonyms: Protoctist Genus
Group relationships: Euglenaceae, Family Euglenaceae
Member holonyms: Euglena

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Euglena

genus Erythroxylon
genus Erythroxylum
genus Escherichia
genus Eschrichtius
genus Eschscholtzia
genus Esox
genus Estrilda
genus Etropus
genus Euarctos
genus Eucalyptus
genus Eucarya
genus Eucinostomus
genus Euderma
genus Eudyptes
genus Eugenia
genus Euglena (current term)
genus Eumeces
genus Eumenes
genus Eumetopias
genus Eumops
genus Eunectes
genus Euonymus
genus Eupatorium
genus Euphagus
genus Euphorbia
genus Euphractus
genus Euplectella
genus Euproctis
genus Eurotium
genus Euryale

Literary usage of Genus Euglena

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1831)
"The structure of this animal has a close affinity to the genus Euglena, ... I am acquainted with four distinct species of the genus Euglena : E. viridis, ..."

2. The Horticultural Register by Sir Joseph Paxton, Joseph Harrison (1835)
"The structure of this animal has a close affinity to the genus Euglena, (Cercaria viridis) that is furnished with an eye, which explains the circumstance ..."

3. An Introduction to Zoology by Robert William Hegner (1910)
"Elongate; one flagellum; red eye spot; green chromatophores. genus Euglena. Both ends contracted. Species viridis (green). ..."

4. A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a Description of All Known Flagellate by William Saville Kent (1880)
"As shown, however, by Claparede and Lachmann, and other recent observers, this proposed feature of distinction is, as in the genus Euglena, inconstant even ..."

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