Dinoflagellates literally means _____.?
Dinoflagellates literally means _____?
a) large, dangerous algae
b) poisonous algae
c) dual flagella
d) giant seaweed
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Double-check that, you either have a typo in your question or in one of the answers, because it means "large whip."
I see the problem. You are conflating the dino- of dinosaur and the dino- of dinoflagellate. The "dino" of dinosaur has its root in the greek word "deinos" ("terrifying"); the "dino" of dinoflagellate has its roots in the greek words "dinos" ("a whirl or eddy") and "dine" ("a whirling"). The problem with these scientific coinages is that they are often mashings together of different languages in a disorderly hodgepodge. The "flagellate" of dinoflagellate refers to the tail-like organelle of the creature. It was thought to resemble a whip, so it was called the "flagellum" because that word means "whip" in Latin. But it's important to point out that the "flagellum" part of the word is not meant to refer to its original Latin meaning ("whip") but to its later scientific meaning ("flagellum or tail"). The name means: "Whirling Flagellum" or "Spinning Tail". It seems appropriate because a characteristic of the phylum dinoflagellata is that they spin their tails when they endeavor to move and might, hence, be referred to collectively as "flagellum spinners".
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