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flagellate

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1. flagellate - Noun

2. flagellate - Adjective

3. flagellate - Verb

Meaning

To whip; to scourge; to flog.

Flagelliform.

Of or pertaining to the Flagellata.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The religious fanatics flagellated themselves Source: Internet

Among protoctists and microscopic animals, a flagellate is an organism with one or more whip-like organelles called flagella. Source: Internet

The flagellate condition. Source: Internet

The flagellate stage is slightly smaller, with two or four anterior flagella anterior to the feeding groove. Source: Internet

The presence of a ventral feeding groove in the flagellate stage, as well as other features, suggests that they are part of the excavate group. Source: Internet

The word flagellate also describes a particular construction (or level of organization) characteristic of many protists ( eukaryotic organisms) and their means of motion. Source: Internet

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