Definition of flagellate Flagellate

/flæˈʤʌlejˌt/ - [flatjuleyt] - flag•el•late

We found 13 definitions of flagellate from 6 different sources.

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What does flagellate mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: flagellates

flagellate - a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
  flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore
  protozoan, protozoon any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic
  class flagellata, class mastigophora, flagellata, mastigophora protozoa having flagella
  dinoflagellate chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton
  genus leishmania, leishmania flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis
  zooflagellate, zoomastigote flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics
  hypermastigote flagellate symbiotic in the intestines of e.g. termites
  polymastigote flagellates with several flagella
  costia, costia necatrix a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis
  giardia a suspected cause of diarrhea in humans

Verb

flagellates, flagellating, flagellated  

flagellate - whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"
  scourge
  flog, welt, trounce, lash, lather, strap, slash, whip beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"

Adjective

flagellate - having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)
  flagellated, whiplike, lash-like
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary šŸ“˜

  • flagellate (v. t.)
    To whip; to scourge; to flog.
  • flagellate (a.)
    Flagelliform.
  • flagellate (a.)
    Of or pertaining to the Flagellata.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary šŸ“•

  • flagellate
    flaj′el-āt, v.t. to whip or scourge.—ns. Flagel′lantism; Flagellā′tion; Flag′ellātor, Flagel′lant (also flaj′-), one who scourges himself in religious discipline.—adjs. Flag′ellatory; Flagellif′erous; Flagel′liform.—n. Flagel′lum, a scourge: (bot.) a runner: (biol.) a large cilium or appendage to certain infusorians, &c. [L. flagellāre, -ātum—flagellum, dim. of flagrum, a whip.]

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  • Flagellates are cells with one or more whip-like organelles called flagella. Some cells in animals may be flagellate, for instance the spermatozoa of most phyla. Higher plants and fungi do not produce flagellate cells, but the closely related green algae and chytrids do. Many protists take the form of single-celled flagellates. They are found in most lines of eukaryotes, and it is likely that all surviving eukaryotes developed from them.

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  • flagellate, verb, present, 1st person singular of flagellate (infinitive).
  • flagellate, verb (infinitive).
  • flagellate, noun, singular of flagellates.

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