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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FLAGELLATA

Flag `el *la "ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL. , fr. L. flagellatus, p. p. See Flagellate, v. t.] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: An order of Infusoria, having one or two long, whiplike cilia, at the anterior end. It includes monads. See Infusoria, and Monad.