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| di·no·flag·el·late [ dnō flájjə làyt, d nō flájjələt ] (plural di·no·flag·el·lates) |
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single-celled marine life form: a tiny single-celled sea organism with two long slender appendages flagella, occurring in large numbers in plankton. Some types are luminescent and some are toxic, especially when they multiply prolifically to cause a brownish red discoloration red tide. Latin name Dinoflagellata.
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| [Late 19th century. < modern Latin Dinoflagellata< Greek dinos "a whirling" + Latin flagellum "whip" (see flagellum)] |
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