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Definitions for Flagellum
[1] Biology . a long, lashlike appendage serving as an organ of locomotion in protozoa, sperm cells, etc.
[2] Botany . a runner.
[3] Also called clavola. Entomology . (in an antenna) the whiplike portion above the basal joints.
[4] a whip or lash.
[5] biology a long whiplike outgrowth from a cell that acts as an organ of locomotion: occurs in some protozoans, gametes, spores, etc
[6] botany a long thin supple shoot or runner
[7] zoology the terminal whiplike part of an arthropod's appendage, esp of the antenna of many insects
Words nearby Flagellum
flagellated, flagellation, flagelliform, flagellin, flagellosis, flagellum, flageolet, flagfish, flagg, flagging, flaggy
Origin of Flagellum
1800–10; < Latin: whip, lash, diminutive of flagrum a whip, scourge
Other words from Flagellum
fla•gel′ lar (-jĕl′ ər ) adj.
Word origin for Flagellum
C19: from Latin: a little whip, from flagrum a whip, lash