flagellate protozoan

Noun (1)

1. a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animalsSynonyms: flagellateflagellated protozoanmastigophoranmastigophoreType of protozoan, protozoonKinds hypermastigote, costia, dinoflagellate, giardia, zoomastigote, polymastigote, Leishmania, trichomonadMember of Mastigophora, class Mastigophora