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flagellator

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flag⋅el⋅late

  [v. flaj-uh-leyt; adj., n. flaj-uh-lit, -leyt] verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing, adjective, noun
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–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, -ate 1

Related forms:
flag⋅el⋅la⋅tor, noun
flag⋅el⋅la⋅to⋅ry  [flaj-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2flagellate
Function: noun
: a flagellate protozoan or alga
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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flagellate flag·el·late (flāj'ə-lĭt, -lāt', flə-jěl'ĭt)
adj.

  1. Flagellated.

  2. Relating to or caused by a flagellate organism.

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

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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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