phytoflagellate

[fahy-tuh-flaj-uh-lit, -leyt]

phy·to·flag·el·late

[fahy-tuh-flaj-uh-lit, -leyt]
noun
any microscopic flagellate that is photosynthetic.

Origin:
1930–35; phyto- + flagellate
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