flagellate
verb (used with object)
to whip; scourge; flog; lash.
flagellates
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present tense formof flagellate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
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
The bottom level of the illustration shows primary producers, which include diatoms, green algae, blue-green algae, flagellates, and rotifers.
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
She was not a chatterer at any time, but after these moods she was almost sullen once more, and she fell upon her lessons with renewed zeal, as a monk flagellates his rebellious flesh.
From Rose of Dutcher's Coolly by Hamlin Garland
