Noun, pl. zooflagellates
1. Any of the animal-like flagellates characterized by their lack of chlorophyll and heterotrophic mode of nutrition. (www.biology-online.org)
2. (Microbiology)
Any of the heterotrophic flagellates of the phylum Zoomastigophora. (wiktionary.org)
Word origin: Greek: zôion, animal + flagellate » Latin flagellātus, ptp. of flagellāre to whip.