flagelliform

[ fluh-jel-uh-fawrm ]

/ fləˈdʒɛl əˌfɔrm /

adjective Biology.

long, slender, and flexible, like the lash of a whip.

Nearby words

flagellata, flagellate, flagellated, flagellation, flagellatory, flagelliform, flagellin, flagellosis, flagellum, flageolet, flagfish

Origin of flagelliform

1820–30; < Latin flagell(um) a whip, scourge + -i- + -form

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British Dictionary definitions for flagelliform

flagelliform

/ (fləˈdʒɛlɪˌfɔːm) /

adjective

slender, tapering, and whiplike, as the antennae of certain insects

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