euglenoid movement

euglenoid movement
euglenoid movement n writhing usu. nonprogressive protoplasmic movement of plastic-bodied euglenoid flagellates

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a wormlike writhing movement, usually nonprogressive, resulting from local expansion and contraction of the body, seen in flagellates with thin pellicles and very plastic bodies, as in certain species of the order Euglenida and certain other protozoa.

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