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Flagellum

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Noun

1. flagellum, scourge

a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)

2. flagellum

a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Flagellum

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noun plural -la (-lə) or -lums
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

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Flagellum

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nounWord forms: plural flaˈgella (fləˈdʒɛlə ; fləjelˈə) or flaˈgellums
1. 
a whip
2.  Biology
a whiplike part or process of some cells, esp. of certain bacteria, protozoans, etc., that is an organ of locomotion or produces a current in the surrounding fluid
3.  Botany
a threadlike shoot or runner
4.  Zoology
the terminal, lashlike portion of the antenna in many insects

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Flagellum

see synonyms of flagellum
n. pl. fla·gel·la (-jĕlə)
1. A long, whiplike appendage that functions as a cellular organ of locomotion, found in certain bacteria, protozoans, and specialized eukaryotic cells such as motile sperm.
2. A small whip; a scourge.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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