Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Mastigophora

Mastigophora , proper noun

[New Latin, from Greek ma`stix, ma`stigos, a whip + fe`rein to bear.]

(Zoology) A phylum of protozoans the kingdom Protista, consisting mainly of free-living flagellated unicellular organisms, lacking photosynthetic capability. Some members are pathogenic in man.