Lissoflagellata

plural noun

Lis·​so·​flagellata

ˌlisō+

in some especially former classifications

: an order or other major division of Mastigophora comprising all the flagellates that lack a protoplasmic collar compare choanoflagellata

lissoflagellate

"+

noun

plural -s

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from liss- + Flagellata

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