Flagellate (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used with object), flag·el·lat·ed, flag·el·lat·ing.
  1. to whip; scourge; flog; lash.
adjective
  1. having flagella.
  2. producing filiform runners or runnerlike branches, as the strawberry.
  3. pertaining to or caused by flagellates.
noun
  1. any protozoan of the phylum (or class) Mastigophora, having one or more flagella.
verb (ˈflædʒɪˌleɪt)
  1. to whip; scourge; flog
adjective (ˈflædʒɪlɪt, -ˌleɪt) flagellated
  1. possessing one or more flagella
  2. resembling a flagellum; whiplike
noun (ˈflædʒɪlɪt, -ˌleɪt)
  1. a flagellate organism, esp any protozoan of the phylum Zoomastigina
    Flagellate (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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