dinoflagellate vs flagellate
flagellate vs dinoflagellatedinoflagellate and flagellate both are nouns.
dinoflagellate is not an adjective while flagellate is an adjective.
dinoflagellate is not a verb while flagellate is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dinoflagellate | Yes | No | No | No |
| flagellate | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
As nouns,
flagellate is a hypernym of
dinoflagellate; that is, flagellate is a
word with a broader meaning than dinoflagellate:
- dinoflagellate: chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton
- flagellate: a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
Other hypernyms of dinoflagellate include
flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore.
| dinoflagellate (noun) | flagellate (noun) |
|---|---|
| chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton | a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals |
| dinoflagellate (adjective) | flagellate (adjective) |
|---|---|
| having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum) |
| dinoflagellate (verb) | flagellate (verb) |
|---|---|
| whip |
Words related to "dinoflagellate"
Words related to "flagellate"
- Costia necatrix
- Flagellata
- Leishmania
- Mastigophora
- class Flagellata
- class Mastigophora
- costia
- dinoflagellate
- flagellant
- flagellate protozoan
- flagellated
- flagellated protozoan
- flagellation
- flagellum
- flog
- genus Leishmania
- giardia
- hypermastigote
- lash
- lash-like
- lather
- mastigophoran
- mastigophore
- polymastigote
- protozoan
- protozoon
- scourge
- slash
- strap
- trichomonad
- trounce
- welt
- whip
- whiplike
- zooflagellate
- zoomastigote
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