biflagellate
[ bahy-flaj-uh-leyt, -lit ]
adjectiveZoology.
having two flagella.
Origin of biflagellate
1First recorded in 1855–60; bi-1 + flagellate
Words Nearby biflagellate
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How to use biflagellate in a sentence
Breaking up of the cell-contents into minute biflagellate swarm-spores, which escape, and whose history is not further known.
British Dictionary definitions for biflagellate
biflagellate
/ (baɪˈflædʒɪˌleɪt, -lɪt) /
adjective
biology having two flagella: biflagellate protozoans
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