dinoflagellate

Etymology

From Dinoflagellata (phylum name), equivalent to dino- + flagellate.

noun

  1. Any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata, which have two flagella.
    Noctiluna scintillans, a tiny marine dinoflagellate, glows in the dark thanks to thousands of bioluminescent spherical organelles in its cytoplasm; gathered in millions, it can illuminate the whole sea at night. 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 31

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