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Dinoflagellate

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Noun

1. dinoflagellate

chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dinoflagellate

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noun
1. 
any of a group of unicellular biflagellate aquatic organisms forming a constituent of plankton: now usually classified as a phylum of protoctists (Dinoflagellata)
adjective
2. 
of or relating to dinoflagellates

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Dinoflagellate

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noun
any of a class (Dinophyceae) of single-celled algae (division Chromophycota), mainly marine and often with a cellulose shell: some species are luminescent, and some cause the red tides that are extremely toxic to marine life: also classified in a class (Dinoflagellata) of protozoans

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Dinoflagellate

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n.
Any of numerous minute, chiefly marine protists of the phylum Dinoflagellata, characteristically having two flagella and a cellulose covering and forming one of the chief constituents of plankton. They include bioluminescent species, photosynthetic species, and species that produce red tide.

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