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flagellum

[ fluh-jel-uhm ]

noun

plural flagella flagellums.
  1. Biology. a long, lashlike appendage serving as an organ of locomotion in protozoa, sperm cells, etc.
  2. Botany. a runner.
  3. Also called clavola. Entomology. (in an antenna) the whiplike portion above the basal joints.
  4. a whip or lash.


flagellum

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noun

  1. biology a long whiplike outgrowth from a cell that acts as an organ of locomotion: occurs in some protozoans, gametes, spores, etc
  2. botany a long thin supple shoot or runner
  3. zoology the terminal whiplike part of an arthropod's appendage, esp of the antenna of many insects
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

flagellum

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, Plural flagella

  1. A slender whiplike part extending from some single-celled organisms, such as the dinoflagellates, that moves rapidly back and forth to impart movement to the organism.
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Derived Forms

  • ´Ú±ô²¹Ëˆ²µ±ð±ô±ô²¹°ù, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of flagellum1

1800–10; < Latin: whip, lash, diminutive of flagrum a whip, scourge
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of flagellum1

C19: from Latin: a little whip, from flagrum a whip, lash
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When roots were exposed to flagella in high-iron environments, IMA1 was not eliminated, but did not need to be expressed since iron levels were sufficient.

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To keep up with their shorter kin, the researchers found, longer bacteria grow a greater number of flagella and disperse their swimming loads among these bundles of limbs.

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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.

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All five isolates exhibited a distinctive feature of Minorisa, a single flagellum coiled spirally around the cell.

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Even life itself depends critically on turbines for fundamental processes, such as the FoF1-ATP synthase that produces fuels for biological cells and the bacterial flagella motor that propels bacteria.

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