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A chief constituent of plankton
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dinoflagellate
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The dinoflagellates ( Greek δῖνος dinos "whirling" and Latin flagellum "whip, scourge") are a large group of flagellate protists that constitute the phylum Dinoflagellata . Most are marine plankton , but they are common in freshwater habitats, as well. ...
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n. chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton
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dinoflagellate \dinoflagellate\ n. a member of the Dinoflagellata , chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella. The dinoflagellates form a chief constituent of plankton. [WordNet 1.5] ||
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n. Any of many marine protozoa, of the phylum Dinoflagellata, that have two flagella
Usage examples of dinoflagellate.
Fourteen species of autotrophic nannoflagellates, twenty heterotrophic flagellates, forty heterotrophic dinoflagellates, and several metazoans, including polychaetes, amphipods, copepods, euphausids, and fish.
Fourteen species of autotrophic nannoflagellates, twenty heterotrophic flagellates, forty heterotrophic dinoflagellates, and several metazoans, including polychaetes, amphipods, copepods, euphausids, and fish.
Lumpeyins are apparently bioluminescent like the dinoflagellates, black dragonfish, fireflies, and many other organisms on Earth.
The smothering toxicity of the dinoflagellates as they cluster and bloom into a red tide kills the diatoms.
But we believe that a contaminant of some kind is spilling out of the Niger River and mutating the dinoflagellates that thrive in seawater and boosting their reproduction cycle.
But I haven't been able to isolate the synthetic chemical pollutants that cause the dinoflagellates to run crazy.
Since entering the delta and passing the main tributaries of the lower Niger, the Kaduna, and Benue Rivers, the water samples have driven the dinoflagellates into a frenzy.
Phosphorescent dinoflagellates would have followed instinct and swum upward into the meteorite shaft, becoming trapped just beneath the meteorite and freezing into the ice.
Mitch examined his saucer, adorned with three beautifully rendered dinoflagellates, and wondered what he would do if he had all the money he could ever hope to spend.