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

1615–25; <Latin flagellātus, past participle of flagellāre to whip. See flagellum, -ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM flagellate

flag·el·la·tor, nounflag·el·la·to·ry

[flaj-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /ˈflædʒ ə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjectivemul·ti·flag·el·late, adjectivemul·ti·flag·el·lat·ed, adjective

non·flag·el·late, adjectivenon·flag·el·lat·ed, adjectivepre·flag·el·late, adjectivepre·flag·el·lat·ed, adjective

Words nearby flagellate

flag day, flag down, flagellant, flagellar, Flagellata, flagellate, flagellation, flagelliform, flagellin, flagellum, flageolet

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How to use flagellate in a sentence

I admit I'm one of those people who tend to self-flagellate and is too tethered to my to-do list, sometimes defeated by it.
The New, New Happiness|Abigail Pogrebin|March 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST
These cells, called choanocytes, resemble independent animals of the Protozoa, known as flagellate Infusoria or Choanoflagellata.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide|Augusta Foote Arnold
Most of the flagellate infusoria do just the reverse; they are anodically sensitive or positively galvanotactic.
The Wonders of Life|Ernst Haeckel
Other modifications are whip-like processes, or flagellate filaments, called vibracula, which constantly beat the water.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide|Augusta Foote Arnold

C, Later stage, resolving itself into two flagellate gametes.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6|Various
An aberrant flagellate bearing a single flagellum and a silicious skeleton resembling those of the Radiolaria.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole|Gary N. Calkins

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

flagellation, noun

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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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