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Definition of Flagellate
1. Adjective. Having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum).
2. Verb. Whip. "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"
Exact synonyms: Scourge
Generic synonyms: Flog, Lash, Lather, Slash, Strap, Trounce, Welt, Whip
Derivative terms: Flagellant, Flagellant, Flagellation, Flagellum, Scourge, Scourger
Generic synonyms: Flog, Lash, Lather, Slash, Strap, Trounce, Welt, Whip
Derivative terms: Flagellant, Flagellant, Flagellation, Flagellum, Scourge, Scourger
3. Noun. A usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals.
Exact synonyms: Flagellate Protozoan, Flagellated Protozoan, Mastigophoran, Mastigophore
Generic synonyms: Protozoan, Protozoon
Group relationships: Class Flagellata, Class Mastigophora, Flagellata, Mastigophora
Specialized synonyms: Dinoflagellate, Genus Leishmania, Leishmania, Zooflagellate, Zoomastigote, Hypermastigote, Polymastigote, Costia, Costia Necatrix, Giardia, Trichomonad
Derivative terms: Flagellum
Generic synonyms: Protozoan, Protozoon
Group relationships: Class Flagellata, Class Mastigophora, Flagellata, Mastigophora
Specialized synonyms: Dinoflagellate, Genus Leishmania, Leishmania, Zooflagellate, Zoomastigote, Hypermastigote, Polymastigote, Costia, Costia Necatrix, Giardia, Trichomonad
Derivative terms: Flagellum
Definition of Flagellate
1. v. t. To whip; to scourge; to flog.
2. a. Flagelliform.
Definition of Flagellate
1. Verb. To whip or scourge. ¹
2. Adjective. Resembling a whip. ¹
3. Adjective. (biology) Having flagella. ¹
4. Noun. (biology) Any organism that has flagella. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flagellate
1. [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES]
Medical Definition of Flagellate
1.
To whip; to scourge; to flog.
Origin: L. Flagellatus, p.p. Of flagellare to scoure, fr. Flagellum whip, dim. Of flagrum whip, scoure; cf. Fligere to strike. Cf. Flall.
1. Flagelliform.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Flagellate
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