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(zoology, obsolete) A member of the Mastigopoda (protozoans which possess cilia or flagella)..
After swimming about for a while, these mastigopods draw in their flagella, and become creeping myxopods.
Use mastigopod when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mastigopod means (zoology, obsolete) A member of the Mastigopoda (protozoans which possess cilia or flagella)..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
After swimming about for a while, these mastigopods draw in their flagella, and become creeping myxopods.
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