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).
| 1875 Huxley 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. 1898 Sedgwick Student's Text-bk. Zool. I. 29 Forms which pass through both the myxopod and mastigopod condition. |
Hence mastiˈgopodous a. = prec. adj.
| 1890 in Century Dict. |