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Peritrichous vs Peritrich - What's the difference?

peritrichous | peritrich | Derived terms |

Peritrich is a derived term of peritrichous.



As an adjective peritrichous

is having flagella around the body or around the mouth.

As a noun peritrich is

a ciliate protozoan of the subclass ''genus: Peritrichia.

peritrichous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (biology) Having flagella around the body or around the mouth

    • peritrich

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (microbiology) A ciliate protozoan of the subclass ''(taxlink).

    • Hyponyms

    *sessilid *mobilid

    Derived terms

    *peritrichous

    Related terms

    *spirotrich

    See also

    *(wikipedia "peritrich")