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Flagellum

Flagellum Meaning & Definition
Flagellum Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Flagellum?

[n] long lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some protozoa)
[n] a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Flagellum: scourge

Related Terms | Find terms related to Flagellum: animal fiber | artificial fiber | aster | basal body | belt | bine | blacksnake | bough | branch | branchedness | branchiness | bullwhack | bullwhip | burgeon | capillament | cat | cell membrane | central apparatus | central body | centriole | centroplasm | centrosome | centrosphere | chloroplast | chromoplast | cilia | cilium | cirrus | cobweb | cowhide | crop | cytocentrum | deadwood | denier | fiber | fibrilla | filament | filamentule | flagella | fork | frond | Golgi apparatus | gossamer | hair | hank | horsewhip | kinoplasm | knout | kurbash | lash | limb | microbody | microcentrum | mitochondrion | offshoot | pili | plasmodesmata | plastid | plastosome | quirt | ramage | ramification | rawhide | razor strap | ribosome | runner | sarment | scion | scourge | shoot | sjambok | skein | slip | spear | spherosome | spindle fibers | spray | sprig | sprit | sprout | stolon | strand | strap | sucker | suture | switch | tendril | thallus | thong | thread | threadlet | twig | vacuole | web | whip | whiplash

See Also | appendage | eubacteria | eubacterium | outgrowth | process | sperm | sperm cell | spermatozoan | spermatozoon | true bacteria | whip

Flagellum In Webster's Dictionary

\Fla*gel"lum\, n.; pl. E. {Flagellums}, L. {Flagella}. [L., a whip. See {Flagellate}, v. t.] 1. (Bot.) A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A long, whiplike cilium. See {Flagellata}. (b) An appendage of the reproductive apparatus of the snail. (c) A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antenn[ae] and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See {Maxilliped}.

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