biflagellate

American

[bahy-flaj-uh-leyt, -lit] / baɪˈflædʒ əˌleɪt, -lɪt /

adjective

Zoology.

having two flagella.

biflagellate British

/ -lɪt, baɪˈflædʒɪˌleɪt /

adjective

biology having two flagella

biflagellate protozoans

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Etymology

Origin of biflagellate

First recorded in 1855–60; bi- ¹ + flagellate

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biflagellate

Breaking up of the cell-contents into minute biflagellate swarm-spores, which escape, and whose history is not further known.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

In Mikrogromia the cell undergoes fission within the test, and on its completion the daughter-cells may emerge as biflagellate zoospores.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

Each nucleus aggregates around it a proper zone of dense protoplasm; by two successive mitotic divisions each mass becomes quadri-nucleate, and splits up into four biflagellate, uninucleate zoospores.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

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