n 1  cap  :  a genus of flagellates of the family Trypanosomatidae morphologically similar to the genus Trypanosoma but exclusively parasites of the gut of insects  2  :  any flagellate of the genus Herpetomonas : also  :  any member of the family Trypanosomatidae that appears to have two flagella due to precocious duplication of the locomotor apparatus .
 
   
 
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