flagellate
flagellate · flagellates
жгутиконосец
Geißeltierchen
Any organism that has flagellaAny organism that has flagella.
US/fləˈd͡ʒɛ.lət/
» Miroslav was self-flagellating his back.
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1 sensesAny organism that has flagella.
Geißeltierchen
жгутиконо́сецžgutikonósec
More definitions
- a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
Examples
1 sentencesMiroslav was self-flagellating his back.
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
organism with flagella:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
organism with flagella:
Origin
First attested in 1867; from flagellum + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) as well as LatinFirst attested in 1867; from flagellum + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) as well as Latin flagellum + -ate. The noun was substantivized from the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
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Forms
plural: flagellates| Singular | flagellate |
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Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals:flagellate protozoanflagellated protozoanmastigophoranmastigophore
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedflagellum
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.