Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mastigophoran

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mastigophoran
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

1

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of superclass Mastigophora of protozoa.

noun

Any member of the genus Mastigophora of liverworts.

Etymology

By surface analysis, mastigo- + -phore + -an.

Inflected Forms

mastigophorans (plural)

Synonyms

mastigophore flagellate flagellate protozoan flagellated protozoan

Questions

What does mastigophoran mean?: Any member of superclass Mastigophora of protozoa.
Where does mastigophoran come from?: By surface analysis, mastigo- + -phore + -an.

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