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flag·el·late

[v. flaj-uh-leyt; adj., n. flaj-uh-lit, -leyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -lat·ed, -lat·ing, adjective, noun

–verb (used with object)

1.	to whip; scourge; flog; lash.

–adjective

2.	Also, flag·el·lat·ed. Biology. having flagella.

3.	Botany. producing filiform runners or runnerlike branches, as the strawberry.

4.	pertaining to or caused by flagellates.

–noun

5.	any protozoan of the phylum (or class) Mastigophora, having one or more flagella.

[Origin: 1615–25; < L flagellātus, ptp. of flagellāre to whip. See flagellum, -ate¹

]

—Related forms

flag·el·la·tor, noun

flag·el·la·to·ry

[flaj-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Pronunciation Key, adjective

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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

flag·el·late (flāj'ə-lāt') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. flag·el·lat·ed, flag·el·lat·ing, flag·el·lates

To whip or flog; scourge.
To punish or impel as if by whipping.

adj. (-lĭt, -lāt', flə-jěl'ĭt)

Biology Flagellated.
Resembling or having the form of a flagellum; whiplike.
Relating to or caused by a flagellate organism.

n. (-lĭt, -lāt', flə-jěl'ĭt)
An organism, such as a euglena, that is equipped with a flagellum.

[Latin flagellāre, flagellāt-, to whip, from flagellum, diminutive of flagrum, whip.]

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flagellate
adjective
1.	having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)
noun
1.	a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
verb
1.	whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"

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flagellate (flāj'ə-lāt') Pronunciation Key

Any of various protozoans of the subphylum Mastigophora that move by means of one or more flagella. Some flagellates can make food by photosynthesis (such as euglenas and volvox), and are often classified as green algae by botanists. Others are symbiotic or parasitic (such as trypanosomes). Flagellates are related to amoebas. Also called mastigophoran.

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flagellate flag·el·late (flāj'ə-lĭt, -lāt', flə-jěl'ĭt)
adj.

Flagellated.
Relating to or caused by a flagellate organism.

n.
A member of the class Mastigophora, comprising organisms having a flagellum.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Flagellate

Flag"el*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flagellated; p. pr. & vb. n. Flagellating.] [L. flagellatus, p. p. of flagellare to scoure, fr. flagellum whip, dim. of flagrum whip, scoure; cf. fligere to strike. Cf. Flall.] To whip; to scourge; to flog.

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Flagellate

Fla*gel"late\, a. 1. Flagelliform.

2. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Flagellata.

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