flagellum
noun
a long, lashlike appendage serving as an organ of locomotion in protozoa, sperm cells, etc.
flagella
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pluralof flagellum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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When roots were exposed to flagella in high-iron environments, IMA1 was not eliminated, but did not need to be expressed since iron levels were sufficient.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 10, 2024
To keep up with their shorter kin, the researchers found, longer bacteria grow a greater number of flagella and disperse their swimming loads among these bundles of limbs.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 7, 2023
These so-called microswimmers include bacteria and other microorganisms, using cilia or flagella to move, but also artificially fabricated objects.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2023
Some have flagella and swim up through the snow in spring, when temperatures warm and enough meltwater is present for the cells to photosynthesize and explode in numbers.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
With 2 or more flagella; one trails behind Order Heteromastigida.
From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Gary N. (Gary Nathan) Calkins
