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- DictionaryFlag·el·late/ˈflajələt/
noun
- 1. a protozoan that has one or more flagella used for swimming.
adjective
- 1. (of a cell or single-celled organism) bearing one or more flagella: "motile flagellate cells"
The meaning of FLAGELLATE is whip, scourge. How to use flagellate in a sentence.
Any of various protozoans of the subphylum Mastigophora that move by means of one or more flagella. Some flagellates can make food by photosynthesis (such as euglenas and volvox), and are often classified as green algae by botanists.
A flagellate is a cell or organism with one or more whip-like appendages called flagella. The word flagellate also describes a particular construction (or level of organization) characteristic of many prokaryotes and eukaryotes and their means of motion.
FLAGELLATE definition: 1. to whip yourself or someone else, especially as a religious act 2. to whip yourself or someone…. Learn more.
To flagellate is to hit or beat, especially with a whip. These days, in most parts of the world, people rarely flagellate others as a punishment. While the verb flagellate can be used for any variety of whipping or beating, it often means a kind of religious self-punishment.
A protozoan that moves by means of a flagellum or flagella. Some flagellates, such as the euglena, can make food by photosynthesis like plants, while others, such as the trypanosomes, are parasitic and cause disease.
flagellate, (subphylum Mastigophora), any of a group of protozoans, mostly uninucleate organisms, that possess, at some time in the life cycle, one to many flagella for locomotion and sensation. (A flagellum is a hairlike structure capable of whiplike lashing movements that furnish locomotion.)
To reproach or punish severely. Flagellated himself for being so insensitive. American Heritage. To whip or scourge. Wiktionary. Synonyms: scourge. punish. impel. cudgel. lash. flog. beat. whip. thrash. adjective. Having a flagellum or flagella. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Shaped like a flagellum. Webster's New World.
Definition of flagellate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective (ˈflædʒɪlɪt , -ˌleɪt ) also: flagellated. 2. possessing one or more flagella. 3. resembling a flagellum; whiplike. noun (ˈflædʒɪlɪt , -ˌleɪt ) 4. a flagellate organism, esp any protozoan of the phylum Zoomastigina. Collins English Dictionary.
