Flagellum Definition

flə-jĕləm
flagella, flagellums
noun
flagella
A whiplike part or process of some cells, esp. of certain bacteria, protozoans, etc., that is an organ of locomotion or that produces a current in the surrounding fluid.
Webster's New World
A small whip; a scourge.
American Heritage
A threadlike shoot or runner.
Webster's New World
The terminal, lashlike portion of the antenna in many insects.
Webster's New World

A whip.

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Noun

Singular:
flagellum
Plural:
flagella, flagellums

Origin of Flagellum

  • From Latin flagellum (“whip”), diminutive of flagrum, from Proto-Indo-European *bhlag (“to strike”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin diminutive of flagrum whip

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Flagellum Sentence Examples

  • The anterior flagellum is longer than the free part of the posterior one.

  • The head of an ant carries a pair of elbowed feelers, each consisting of a minute basal and an elongate second segment, forming the stalk or "scape," while from eight to eleven short segments make up the terminal "flagellum."

  • The multiplication of thongs for purposes of flogging is found in the old Roman flagellum, a scourge, which had sometimes three thongs with bone or bronze knots fastened to them.

  • The result of cleavage in all cases is a typical blastula, which when set free becomes oval and develops a flagellum to each cell, but when not set free, it remains spherical in form and has no flagella.

  • B, Anterior end of Euglena showing the flagellum with its swelling just in the hollow of the eye-spot.

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