noun
- A parasitic protozoan that lives in the blood of vertebrates and is transmitted by blood-feeding insects.
Usage: technical; biology
adjective
- Relating to or denoting a parasitic protozoan that inhabits the blood.
Usage: technical; biology
Examples
- Trypanosoma is a well-known haemoflagellate that causes sleeping sickness in humans.
- The haemoflagellate parasites are transmitted through the bite of infected insects.
- Scientists study haemoflagellate infections to develop better treatments for tropical diseases.
- The haemoflagellate life cycle involves both insect vectors and vertebrate hosts.
- Researchers identified a new haemoflagellate species in blood samples from wildlife.