English > flagellum: 2 senses > noun 2, animal| Meaning | A lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa). |
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| Part of | eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria | A large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls |
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| sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoon, spermatozoan | The male reproductive cell |
| Broader | process, outgrowth, appendage | A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant |
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| Spanish | flagelo |
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| Catalan | flagel |
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| Adjectives | flagellate, flagellated | having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum) |
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| Nouns | flagellate | a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages |
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