| 释义 |
zooflagellate, n. and a. Biol.|ˌzəʊəʊ-, ˌzuːəʊˈflædʒəleɪt|
[ad. mod.L. Zooflagellata (P.-P. Grassé Traité de Zool. (1952) I. 574): see zoo-, flagellate a. and n.]
A. n. An animal-like flagellate protozoan; in Grassé's scheme of classification, a member of the class Zooflagellata (later superseded by the class Zoomastigophorea), usu. characterized by the absence of photosynthesis.
B. adj. Belonging to or characteristic of the zooflagellates.
1953Ann. Rev. Microbiol. VII. 10 On the basis of comparative morphology, the phytoflagellates, characterized by their power of photosynthesis, cannot be separated from the zooflagellates. 1956Systematic Zool. V. 133 The most primitive gymnostomes..appear to belong at the base of the tree; their own origin remains a mystery, although some sort of Zooflagellate ancestry is always assumed. 1961A. V. Grimstone in P. Gray Encycl. Biol. Sci. 600/2 A number of these simpler zooflagellates can assume an amoeboid habit under certain conditions. 1978Bio Systems X. 76/2 The motley assembly of entirely non-photosynthetic flagellates known as the zooflagellates are considered to be derivative of photosynthetic forms and do not appear to be monophyletic. |