mastigophoran

Other forms of mastigophoran

plural

mastigophorans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mastigophoran

What does mastigophoran mean?

mastigophoran means "a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals".

How many syllables are in mastigophoran?

mastigophoran has 5 syllables: ma-sti-go-pho-ran. The stress falls on "go".

What is another word for mastigophoran?

Close synonyms include flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophore. 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 mastigophoran a common word?

mastigophoran 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.