 flagellate |
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| 1. | [ verb ] whip | |
| Synonyms: | scourge | |
| Examples: | "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" |
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| Related terms: | flog scourge whipping flagellant flagellant | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] having or resembling a flagellum or flagella | |
| Synonyms: | whiplike flagellated | |
| Related terms: | flagellum flagellum | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (biology) usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some pathogens of humans and other animals | |
| Synonyms: | flagellated_protozoan flagellate_protozoan mastigophore mastigophoran | |
| Related terms: | protozoan zoomastigote giardia hypermastigote polymastigote costia dinoflagellate trichomonad genus_leishmania Mastigophora | |
| Similar spelling: |
flagellated Flagellata flagellant flagellation flagellum flageolet flocculate |
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