n pl :  a suborder of primitive flagellate protozoans of the order Dinoflagellata having two flagella but lacking a transverse groove adin*i*dan adj or n 
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:   adenoid  ad·i·ent  at·tend  at·ten·u·ate 
 
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