flagellate

Speech parts

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

Synonyms

scourge mastigophore mastigophoran flagellated whiplike flagellate protozoan flagellated protozoan lash-like flay birch tan belt whale buffet chastise
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Antonyms

garrison guard cover police protect screen
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Hypernyms

welt flog slash whip strap lash

Hyponyms

leishmania giardia dinoflagellate hypermastigote costia Costia necatrix

Derivatives

flagellated flagellating

Examples

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

Close letter words and terms

flagellar apparatus flagellariaceous flagellata flagellate protozoan flagellated flagellated cell