dinoflagellate /di·no·flag·el·late/ (di″no-flaj´ĕ-lāt)
1. of or pertaining to the order Dinoflagellida.
2. any individual of the order Dinoflagellida.
di·no·flag·el·late (d  n -fl j  -l t, -l t, -fl-j lt)n. Any of numerous chiefly marine flagellates of the order Dinoflagellata, some species of which produce a potent neurotoxin that may cause severe food poisoning following ingestion of parasitized shellfish. |
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