euglenophyte

[yoo-glee-nuh-fahyt]

eu·gle·no·phyte

[yoo-glee-nuh-fahyt]
noun Biology.
any member of the protist phylum Euglenophyta, comprising unicellular organisms, either green and photosynthetic or colorless and nonphotosynthetic, characterized by one or two anterior flagella and, in photosynthetic forms, an eyespot at the base of the flagella: in some classification schemes, an order of the animal phylum Mastigophora or the plant division Chlorophyta.
Also called eu·gle·nid [yoo-glee-nid] , eu·gle·noid [yoo-glee-noid] .


Origin:
< Neo-Latin Euglenophyta; see Euglena, -o-, -phyte
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Euglenophyte is always a great word to know.
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the seas and atmosphere on earth before the existence of life, primarily containing a mixture of water, hydrogen, methane, ammonia, and carbon dioxide
having no sexual organs; independent of sexual processes; not involving the union of male and female germ cells
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euglenophyte

noun
marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism [syn: euglenoid
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