Flagellate Definition
flăjə-lāt
flagellated, flagellates, flagellating
verb
flagellated, flagellates, flagellating
To subject to flagellation.
Webster's New World
To whip or flog; scourge.
American Heritage
To reproach or punish severely.
Flagellated himself for being so insensitive.
American Heritage
adjective
Having a flagellum or flagella.
Webster's New World
Shaped like a flagellum.
Webster's New World
Relating to or caused by a flagellate organism.
American Heritage Medicine
Synonyms:
- lash-like
- whiplike
- flagellated
noun
flagellates
A flagellate organism.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- mastigophore
- mastigophoran
- flagellated protozoan
- flagellate protozoan
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