Home › Words › M › mastigonememastigoneme/ˌmæstɪˈɡəʊniːm/mastigoneme means one of the lateral "hairs" found covering the flagella of heterokont and cryptophyte algae, believed to assist in locomotion.mastigoneme is pronounced /ˌmæstɪˈɡəʊniːm/.EtymologyBy surface analysis, mastigo- + -neme.nounOne of the lateral "hairs" found covering the flagella of heterokont and cryptophyte algae, believed to assist in locomotion.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).