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Definition of Order polymastigina
1. Noun. Small usually parasitic flagellates.
Exact synonyms: Polymastigina
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Subclass Zoomastigina, Zoomastigina
Member holonyms: Polymastigote, Genus Costia, Genus Giardia, Chilomastix, Genus Chilomastix, Genus Hexamita, Hexamita, Genus Trichomonas
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Subclass Zoomastigina, Zoomastigina
Member holonyms: Polymastigote, Genus Costia, Genus Giardia, Chilomastix, Genus Chilomastix, Genus Hexamita, Hexamita, Genus Trichomonas
Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Polymastigina
Literary usage of Order polymastigina
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"... it happens that certain forms cannot with certainty be included in the group
because their description is insufficient. Order. Polymastigina, Blochmann. ..."
2. Pathogenic microorganisms by William Hallock Park (1920)
"... and in the order Polymastigina the genera Trichomonas and Lamblia have been
found in human beings. ..."