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flagellum
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FLAGELLUM
Fla *gel "lum, n.; pl. E. Flagellums, L. Flagella. Etym: [L., a whip. See Flagellate, v. t.]
1. (Bot. )
Defn: A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp. , the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.
2. (Zoöl.) (a ) A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata. (b ) An appendage of the reproductive apparatus of the snail. (c ) A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antennæ and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See Maxilliped.
New American Oxford Dictionary
flagellum
fla gel lum |ˌfləˈjeləm flæˈʤɛləm | ▶noun ( pl. flagella |-ˈjelə | ) Biology a slender threadlike structure, esp. a microscopic whiplike appendage that enables many protozoa, bacteria, spermatozoa, etc. , to swim. DERIVATIVES fla gel lar |fləˈjelər, ˈflajələr |adjective ORIGIN early 19th cent. (denoting a whip or scourge ): from Latin, diminutive of flagrum ‘scourge. ’
Oxford Dictionary
flagellum
flagellum |fləˈdʒɛləm | ▶noun ( pl. flagella |-lə | ) Biology a slender thread-like structure, especially a microscopic whip-like appendage which enables many protozoa, bacteria, spermatozoa, etc. to swim. DERIVATIVES flagellar adjective ORIGIN early 19th cent. (denoting a whip or scourge ): from Latin, diminutive of flagrum ‘scourge ’.
Duden Dictionary
Flagellum
Fla gel lum Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Flag e llum |das Flagellum; Genitiv: des Flagellums, Plural: die Flagellen lateinisch flagellum, Flegel 1 Biologie Fortbewegungsorgan vieler einzelliger Tiere und Pflanzen 2 Medizin, Psychologie Riemen- oder Strickpeitsche eines Flagellanten 2
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