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Definitions for Flagella
[1] a plural of flagellum.
[2] Biology . a long, lashlike appendage serving as an organ of locomotion in protozoa, sperm cells, etc.
[3] Botany . a runner.
[4] Also called clavola. Entomology . (in an antenna) the whiplike portion above the basal joints.
[5] a whip or lash.
[6] biology a long whiplike outgrowth from a cell that acts as an organ of locomotion: occurs in some protozoans, gametes, spores, etc
[7] botany a long thin supple shoot or runner
[8] zoology the terminal whiplike part of an arthropod's appendage, esp of the antenna of many insects
Words nearby Flagella
flag smut, flag station, flag up, flag-waver, flag-waving, flagella, flagellant, flagellar, flagellar antigen, flagellata, flagellate
Origin of Flagella
um1800–10; < Latin: whip, lash, diminutive of flagrum a whip, scourge
Other words from Flagella
fla•gel′ lar (-jĕl′ ər ) adj.
Word origin for Flagella
umC19: from Latin: a little whip, from flagrum a whip, lash