Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mastigophore

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mastigophore
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora (a nematocyst that has a tube that extends beyond its hempe)

noun

In Ancient Greece, an official who carried a whip

Etymology

By surface analysis, mastigo- + -phore.

Inflected Forms

mastigophores (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

amastigophore mastigophorous mastigophoric

Synonyms

mastigophoran flagellate flagellate protozoan flagellated protozoan

Questions

What does mastigophore mean?: Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora (a nematocyst that has a tube that extends beyond its hempe)
Where does mastigophore come from?: By surface analysis, mastigo- + -phore.

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