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flagellate
[ verb flaj-uh-leyt; adjective, noun flaj-uh-lit, -leyt ]
/ verb ˈflædʒ əˌleɪt; adjective, noun ˈflædʒ ə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /
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verb (used with object), flag·el·lat·ed, flag·el·lat·ing.
to whip; scourge; flog; lash.
adjective
Also flag·el·lat·ed .Biology. having flagella.
Botany. producing filiform runners or runnerlike branches, as the strawberry.
pertaining to or caused by flagellates.
noun
any protozoan of the phylum (or class) Mastigophora, having one or more flagella.
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Origin of flagellate
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Words nearby flagellate
flag down, flagellant, flagellar, flagellar antigen, Flagellata, flagellate, flagellated, flagellation, flagelliform, flagellin, flagellosis
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British Dictionary definitions for flagellate
flagellate
verb (ˈflædʒɪˌleɪt)
(tr) to whip; scourge; flog
adjective (ˈflædʒɪlɪt, -ˌleɪt) flagellated
possessing one or more flagella
resembling a flagellum; whiplike
noun (ˈflædʒɪlɪt, -ˌleɪt)
a flagellate organism, esp any protozoan of the phylum Zoomastigina
Derived forms of flagellate
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Medical definitions for flagellate
flagellate
[ flăj′ə-lĭt, -lāt′, flə-jĕl′ĭt ]
adj.
Flagellated.
Relating to or caused by a flagellate organism.
n.
A member of the class Mastigophora, comprising organisms having a flagellum.
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Scientific definitions for flagellate
flagellate
[ flăj′ə-lāt′ ]
Any of various protozoans of the subphylum Mastigophora that move by means of one or more flagella. Some flagellates can make food by photosynthesis (such as euglenas and volvox), and are often classified as green algae by botanists. Others are symbiotic or parasitic (such as trypanosomes). Flagellates are related to amoebas. Also called mastigophoran
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