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 and divides as ma-sti-go-phore under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.