mastigophore

Other forms of mastigophore

plural

mastigophores·

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 mastigophore

What does mastigophore mean?

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

How many syllables are in mastigophore?

mastigophore has 4 syllables: ma-sti-go-phore. The stress falls on "sti".

What is another word for mastigophore?

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

mastigophore 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.