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1. (n.) dinoflagellate
any protozoan of the phylum Pyrrophyta (or class Dinoflagellata), usu. having one flagellum extending from the center of the body and another wrapped around it: often luminous in marine plankton.
Etymology: (< NL Dinoflagellata (1887) < Gk dîno(s) whirling, rotation + NL flagellata (neut. pl.); see flagellate)
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1. (noun) dinoflagellate
chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton
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