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Definition of Mastigophore
1. Noun. A usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals.
Generic synonyms: Protozoan, Protozoon
Group relationships: Class Flagellata, Class Mastigophora, Flagellata, Mastigophora
Specialized synonyms: Dinoflagellate, Genus Leishmania, Leishmania, Zooflagellate, Zoomastigote, Hypermastigote, Polymastigote, Costia, Costia Necatrix, Giardia, Trichomonad
Derivative terms: Flagellate, Flagellum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mastigophore
Literary usage of Mastigophore
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1905)
"This is the condition of our mouthless mastigophore. He digests and absorbs
just «nough solid food, we may believe, to serve as a proper stimulus to j?et ..."
2. Index to the Sloane Manuscripts in the British Museum by British Museum Dept. of Manuscripts, Hans Sloane, Edward John Long Scott, Samuel Ayscough (1904)
"Le mastigophore, par V. Grevé, [1009]. [•',: Extracts. 2553, fl'. «5-84.
Fvee (Thomas), Apothecary, of London. Utter to J. Vétiver, 1703. 4003, f. 19H. ..."
3. Haydn's Universal Index of Biography from the Creation to the Present Time by Joseph Haydn, James Bertrand Payne (1870)
"... Ъ. about 1565 ; accused of sorcery and immorality by the Jesuits, 1609; deprived
and imprisoned for a libel " mastigophore," written in revenue, ..."
4. General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most Eminent by John Aikin, William Enfield, Nicholson, Thomas Morgan, William Johnston (1803)
"While the suit was pending, a satirical piece, entitled " Le mastigophore, ou
Précurseur de Zodiaque, &c." made its appearance, intended to ridicule ..."
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