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dinoflagellate

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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 (dn-flj-lt, -lt, -fl-jlt)
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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