flagellum

IPA: fɫʌdʒˈɛɫʌm

(biology) In protists, a long, whiplike membrane-enclosed organelle used for locomotion or feeding.
(biology) In bacteria, a long, whiplike proteinaceous appendage, used for locomotion.
A whip

Examples of "flagellum" in Sentences

Of course, the flagellum is a great illustration of this.
The bacterial flagellum is an example of something that is incredibly complex.
That's why the flagellum is it's poster boy, it looks like a machine designed by a human.
That would seem to fly in the face of all the claims that the evolution of the flagellum is a problem long since solved by biologists.
Behe's criticism of neo-Darwinian explanations for the evolution of things like the flagellum is essentially no different than Margulis's.
I envisage the designer as a giant invisible jellyfish in the sky, with tentacles all over the planet sprinkling thiotimoline wherever and whenever a new design like, say a bacterial flagellum is required.
I think the evolution of the bacterial flagellum is far too improbable to happen without deliberate fine-tuning of the events that lead up to it, even though most of the flagellar components have precursor homologues.