Chi·lo·mas·tix
n : a genus of pear-shaped protozoans of the subphylum Mastigophora possessing three flagella and usu. occurring commensally in the intestines of various vertebrates and including one (C. mesnili) that occurs as a nonpathogenic parasite in the cecum and colon of humans .
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