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Definition of Flagellata
1. Noun. Protozoa having flagella.
Group relationships: Phylum Protozoa, Protozoa
Member holonyms: Flagellate, Flagellate Protozoan, Flagellated Protozoan, Mastigophoran, Mastigophore, Cilioflagellata, Dinoflagellata, Order Cilioflagellata, Order Dinoflagellata, Subclass Zoomastigina, Zoomastigina, Phytomastigina, Subclass Phytomastigina
Generic synonyms: Class
Definition of Flagellata
1. n. pl. An order of Infusoria, having one or two long, whiplike cilia, at the anterior end. It includes monads. See Infusoria, and Monad.
Medical Definition of Flagellata
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Flagellata
Literary usage of Flagellata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals by Gilbert Charles Bourne (1900)
"The flagellata are perhaps the most instructive group of the Protozoa. On the
one hand they are connected with the lowliest forms of life, on the other hand ..."
2. Investigations on Microscopic Foams and on Protoplasm: Experiments by Otto i. e. Johann Adam Otto Bütschli, Edward Alfred Minchin (1894)
"The results mentioned harmonise well with the structural relations of these and
other forms of flagellata which have been observed recently (1889) and quite ..."
3. Elements of Zoölogy: A Textbook by Sanborn Tenney (1875)
"THE flagellata or Monads are exceedingly minute protozoa, ... It is on account
of the last-named fact that they have been called flagellata. Fia. 743. ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"15, and description) has rendered the derivation of the Sponges from the flagellata
a tenable hypothesis.] Further remark» on the flagellata. ..."
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