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mastigopod, n. and a.|ˈmæstɪgəpɒd|
[ad. mod.L. Mastigopoda neut. pl. (lit. ‘whip-footed’ animals), f. Gr. µαστῑγ-, µάστιξ whip + ποδ-, πούς foot.]
A. n. Huxley's name for a protozoan furnished with cilia or flagella.
B. adj. Furnished with cilia or flagella, or both (Cent. Dict. 1890).
1875Huxley in Encycl. Brit. II. 50/1 The myxopod..gives rise by division to bodies provided with long flagelliform cilia..which may be termed mastigopods. 1877― Anat. Inv. Anim. ii. 76 It will be convenient to distinguish those Protozoa..which are provided with cilia or flagella, as mastigopods. 1898Sedgwick Student's Text-bk. Zool. I. 29 Forms which pass through both the myxopod and mastigopod condition.
Hence mastiˈgopodous a. = prec. adj.
1890in Century Dict. |