flagellates
- present tense form of flagellate (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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"This feeding mode is unique, and demonstrates how pico-sized flagellates can feed on larger cells, which is often not considered in the modelling of microbial food webs."
From Salon • Dec. 10, 2022
In order from the bottom, these are diplomonads, microsporidia, trichomonads, flagellates, entamoebae, slime molds, and ciliates.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
There are plenty of various weird critters, including small flagellates, some of which are rare — and some of which seem to have never been documented before!
From Scientific American • Oct. 17, 2013
This time he flagellates himself for overestimating Rick Perry and underestimating Newt Gingrich.
From Slate • Dec. 31, 2011
A believer who flagellates or "macerates" himself today arouses more wonder and fear than emulation.
From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William
