euglena

Examples

• All

• Researchers studied how euglena moves using its flagellum.

• A euglena can photosynthesize due to the chloroplasts within its cell.

• The euglena swims using its flagellum.

• Many euglenas can be found in freshwater ponds.

• Under the microscope, I observed a euglena moving swiftly through the water, its flagellum trailing behind.

• In our biology class, we studied a euglena and learned how it can photosynthesize like plants.

• The pond was full of life, with tiny euglena swimming in the sunlight.

Synonyms

M

microalga

vseuglena

• Specialized

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A very small living thing like a water plant that you can only see with a microscope

is a specific tiny freshwater organism often classed as an alga or protozoan

E

euglenid

vseuglena

• Specialized

1 9.9

A one-celled living thing in fresh and salt water that moves with a whip-like tail

usually has only a single flagellum and is freshwater and minute

E

euglenophyte

vseuglena

• Specialized

9.9

A single-celled living thing in water, often green, with a tail used to move

is described more generally rather than named by a specific taxonomic group

E

euglenoid

vseuglena

• Specialized

9.9

A single-celled water organism with a whip-like tail that often makes food from light

is limited to freshwater and noted for a single flagellum

Surface Forms

Etymology