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Flagellum

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}.

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

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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