It's the American Heritage Dictionary. I think it's made in Japan.
Scout

"Flying Tadpole" wrote in message
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I'm impressed. It even reads like the Queen's English, as well as making
sense and being accurate. Are you _quite_ sure this is a US literary
product?

FT

Scout wrote:
But of course! It's a proper, American Dictionary!
di·no·flag·el·late (dº"n½-fl²j".-l¹t, -l³t", -fl.-jµl"¹t) n. Any of
numerous minute, chiefly marine protozoans of the order Dinoflagellata,
characteristically **having two flagella** and a cellulose covering and
forming one of the chief constituents of plankton. They include
bioluminescent forms and forms that produce red tide. [From New Latin
Dinoflagellata, class name : Greek dinos, eddy (from dinein, to whirl) +
Latin flagellum, flagellum; see FLAGELLUM.]

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In that case it needs to be a good one: make _sure_ it mentions the
_two_ flagella--I'd hate to shortchange any poster to this newsgroup,
especially those who've razed the level of wit and invective lately--and
the way the flagella appear to thrash out of synch, one in a groove and
the other spirally. The confusion is only apparent, not real: it aids
their microscopic filter feeding. But the lasting impression is still of
a lot of blind, pointless thrashing about.

Flying Tadpole
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Scout wrote:

lucky you're here or I'd never get to use my dictionary.
Scout

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Yes, well, there seem to be a lot of dinoflagellates in the waters at
present...

FT

katysails wrote:


No, just testing the waters, so to speak...you know...what you
said...NOT...


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Are you expecting a grade?

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Flying Tadpole