Defenition of the word flagellate

• Defenition of the word flagellate

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

Synonyms for the word flagellate

• • flagellated
  • flagellated protozoan
  • mastigophoran
  • mastigophore
  • scourge
  • whiplike

Meronymys for the word flagellate

• • class Flagellata
  • class Mastigophora
  • Flagellata
  • Mastigophora

Hyponyms for the word flagellate

• • costia
  • Costia necatrix
  • dinoflagellate
  • genus Leishmania
  • giardia
  • hypermastigote
  • Leishmania
  • polymastigote
  • trichomonad
  • zooflagellate
  • zoomastigote

Hypernyms for the word flagellate

• • flog
  • lash
  • lather
  • protozoan
  • protozoon
  • slash
  • strap
  • trounce
  • welt
  • whip

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