flagellate
IPA: fɫˈædʒʌɫeɪt
noun
- (biology) Any organism that has flagella.
verb
- (transitive) To whip or scourge.
- (transitive) Of a spermatozoon, to move its tail back and forth.
adjective
- Resembling a whip.
- (biology) Having flagella.
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Examples of "flagellate" in Sentences
- He started to flagellate horses.
- Their flagellate spores are preserved.
- Thus, it is an amoeba of flagellate ancestry.
- Andalucia incarcerata is a species of flagellate.
- Platychilomonas psammobia is a species of flagellate.
- The metamonads are a large group of flagellate protozoa.
- The flagellate reverts to the amoeboid stage after a few hours.
- Other penitents flagellate themselves using bamboo sticks tied to a rope.
- The Apusozoa are a phylum comprised of several genera of flagellate protozoa.
- The flagellate stage is temporary because it is non feeding and non dividing.
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