dinoflagellata

Questions about dinoflagellata

What does dinoflagellata mean?

dinoflagellata means "in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta".

How many syllables are in dinoflagellata?

dinoflagellata has 6 syllables: di-no-fla-gel-la-ta. The stress falls on "gel".

What is another word for dinoflagellata?

Close synonyms include order Dinoflagellata, Cilioflagellata, order Cilioflagellata. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dinoflagellata a common word?

dinoflagellata is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.