Mastigophoran

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mastigophoran
       n : usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with
           whiplike appendages; some pathogens of humans and other
           animals [syn: {flagellate}, {flagellate protozoan}, {flagellated
           protozoan}, {mastigophore}]