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flagellate
[ verb flaj-uh-leyt; adjective noun flaj-uh-lit, -leyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to whip; scourge; flog; lash.
adjective
- Also flagellated. Biology. having flagella.
- Botany. producing filiform runners or runnerlike branches, as the strawberry.
- pertaining to or caused by flagellates.
noun
- any protozoan of the phylum (or class) Mastigophora, having one or more flagella.
flagellate
verb
- tr to whip; scourge; flog
adjective
- possessing one or more flagella
- resembling a flagellum; whiplike
noun
- a flagellate organism, esp any protozoan of the phylum Zoomastigina
flagellate
/ ڱă′ə-′ /
- Any of various protozoans of the subphylum Mastigophora that move by means of one or more flagella. Some flagellates can make food by photosynthesis (such as euglenas and volvox), and are often classified as green algae by botanists. Others are symbiotic or parasitic (such as trypanosomes). Flagellates are related to amoebas.
- Also called mastigophoran
Derived Forms
- ˌڱˈپDz, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ڱ···ٴǰ noun
- ڱ···ٴ· [flaj, -, uh, -l, uh, -tawr-ee], adjective
- ܱ·پ·ڱ··ٱ adjective
- ܱ·پ·ڱ··· adjective
- ԴDz·ڱ··ٱ adjective
- ԴDz·ڱ··· adjective
- ·ڱ··ٱ adjective
- ·ڱ··· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of flagellate1
Example Sentences
Blood splatters like raindrops from the tattooed body of a Filipino penitent as he flagellates himself to atone for sins.
The amoeboid cells of R. marina, characterized by their near immobility, can produce flagellated cells with two rearward-extending flagella through budding under conditions of prey scarcity.
But she also didn’t flagellate herself for the struggle.
"This feeding mode is unique, and demonstrates how pico-sized flagellates can feed on larger cells, which is often not considered in the modelling of microbial food webs."
What the party shouldn’t do, though, is waste time flagellating its leadership for failing to find the magic message that would have saved the country from a Trumpian takeover.
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